Dragnet: The Big Mailman

The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to forgery detail.

The United States Postal Inspector comes to your office. You've received the same complaints he has. Somebody is stealing mail in your city. Your job? Help get him. Friends, compare Fatima with any other king-sized cigarette.

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Quality of manufacture. Smooth, round, perfect cigarettes. rolled in the finest paper money can buy. Manufactured in the newest and most modern of all cigarette factories. Quality. Even to the appearance of the bright clean golden yellow package.

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Ah, that's different. Yes, in Fatima. The difference is quality. Bye Fatima. You met a drama of an actual crime. Well 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 files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. was Monday, March 3rd, was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Forgery detail.

My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Harry Elliott. My name's Friday. It was 7.45 a.m. when I got to room 29. Forgery detail. Morning, Joe. Hi, Ben. Sure coming down out there. Mm-hmm. Yeah.