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Robbery detail. A gang of hijackers is terrorizing the city, forcing truckers from their cargo and steeling the goods.
On this foggy day, Joe Friday meets his disgruntled partner, Ben Romero as he goes to be briefed on the latest case. What has the usually laid back Ben so stressed out? His in laws are visiting, and getting on his last frazzled nerve.
A trucker tells how his load of whiskey was taken from him. Forced into a car, and made to wear welders goggles while his truck was stolen, it’s the beginning of several other similar crimes that Joe is soon confronted with. Is this an inside job? Could it be someone inside a trucking company, or an owner of a company?
Investigation leads from truckers to gas stations, and any other connection that Joe can think of to link the robberies to each other. A visit to a golf course reveals some fishy behavior when a truck has been pulled over near by. Mundane police work, based on only shreds of evidence are explained in voiceover.
Payoff comes when evidence is found in a gray sedan. A trucker, turned jewelry salesman, is at the heart of the thefts. What ever could have possessed the man with the nice wife, and nice middle class home, to havve turned to a life of crime? Probably in dealing with his overbearing mother in law. I guess its a win win situation for the guy. He either wins with the riches of a life of crime. Or he wins by getting arrested, and is whisked away from his in laws, and can enjoy a nice, peaceful life behind bars.
