Dragnet: The Big Tomato
Dragnet · January 25, 1951 · 30 min · 4,893 words
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you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. But team are cigarettes. Best of all long cigarettes brings you dragment. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned an narcotics detail. A band of dope peddlers launches a full-scale operation in your city. They're merchandise, marijuana, they're victims,
school students. Your job. Get them. You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. You'll find they now cost the same. But in Fatima the difference is quality. You'll see Fatima is the quality king-sized cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos so superbly blended. And Fatima is extra mild, with a much different, much better, flavor and aroma
than any other long cigarette. So compare Fatima yourself. Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you, Ah, that's different. Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. Ask your dealer for Fatima, for quality, king-size cigarette. Best of all, long cigarettes. Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow.
The documented drama of an actual crime. 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 transcribed from official police violence. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
It was Thursday, April 11th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out in Narcotics Detail. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Kearney. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from R&I and it was 10.25am when I got to Central Station.
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