Dragnet: The Big Set-Up

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 a burglary detail.

A gang of clever thieves are at work in your city. In three months, they've looted fashionable homes of $100,000 in furs and jewels. There's no clue to their identity. Your job? Get them. In Fatima, the difference is quality.

Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. Quality of tobaccos. The finest domestic and Turkish variety is extra mild. Superbly blended to give you Fatima as much different, much better flavor and aroma. Quality of manufactured.

Smooth, round, perfect Fatima 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 Fatima package.

So compare Fatima yourself. Today, you'll find Fatima gives you all the advantages of extra length. Plus Fatima quality, which no other king-sized cigarette has. Yes, light up of Fatima. Your first puff will tell you...

Aww, that's different. Because, infotema, the difference is quality. Dregnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation of 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, Dregnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, January 10th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the daywatch out of Burgery detail.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Wisdom. My name's Friday. It was 11.15 a.m. when we got back to the city hall. Captain Wisdom's office. Hi, Skipper. Hi. How'd you make up? Not too good. Same old story.