Dragnet: Truck Hi-jackers - Tom Laval

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. NBC brings you... Dragnet! Your detective sergeant. You're assigned to burglary detail. A gang of hijackers has started to work in your city.

Truckloads of valuable merchandise have vanished. The thieves are clever, seem to have a foolproof system. Your job. Find them. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life.

For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force, in action.

It was Thursday, March 6th. It was Wendy in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of burglary detail. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is at Backstrand. She's a detective. My name's Friday.

I was on the way back from the record bureau and it was 5.35 am when I got to room 2a. Interrogation room. Read this tone, Ben. Yeah. 2600 dozen nylon stockings. 45 volts of silk. 58 cases imported perky.

Before you're dumping this stuff, Le Vallex, what we want to know. I told you the truth, I have nothing to do with it. I don't know anything about it. What was this stolen way bill doing in the cabier truck?

How many times I have to tell you, I don't know. Your fingerprints are all over it. You must have carried it there. I didn't carry it. There's somebody's out to frame me. How many in the hijack gang, Le Valle?