639: 'In Deep'

Leaving St Hugh’s hospital after a busy night shift, PCs Nate Roberts and Tony Stamp are alarmed when a car pulls up outside and Claire Webster is pushed out onto the ground along with six bags of cocaine before the vehicle screeches away.

Later, DCs Terry Perkins and Mickey Webb visit Claire and her father, Ian Webster, at the hospital. Claire denies knowing anything about the drugs and claims she can’t remember anything while her father, a barrister, stops them from asking too many questions.

As the investigation progresses, Terry and Mickey discover that Claire had taken vast amounts of cocaine and had been pushed out of a mini-cab from a firm managed by Alan Brady. Convinced that Brady has something to do with the drugs, Terry goes undercover as a mini cab driver and passes an interview with the taxi firm’s owner, Jimmy Thompson who wants him to start straight away.

Elsewhere, Mickey re-interviews Claire who finally admits that she had got out of her depth buying cocaine from Brady and selling it on to friends. She pretended to be interested in him but when he realised she wasn’t, he forced her to pay her debts. Unable to pay them off, Brady arranged for her to be beaten up.

The next night, determined to find out what he can about the taxi firm, Terry is tested by Brady who gives him a package to deliver. DCI Jack Meadows is horrified when the package is tested and it turns out to be a letter bomb, but reluctantly, he lets Terry continue with his job. Jimmy is impressed when Terry makes the delivery and tells him he will needed for a big job the following day. After secretly letting the DCI know he’s OK, Terry begins to wonder what he’s let himself in for.