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But now it's time for today's episode of Dragnet, with the Big Man Part 2, the original air date, January the 19th of 1950.

The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet.

You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to narcotics bureau. For seven months you've been working with federal and state agents and breaking in narcotics range. You've apprehended the small fry.

Next in the line, the Big Man. Your job. Get him.

Dragnet. 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 from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Wednesday, July 9th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of narcotics bureau. My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name is Friday.

I was on the way into work and it was 3.58 pm when I got to room 24, narcotics bureau.

All right, Joe, feel better? I'm not quite as tired, Ben. The costella thing was a long haul. Narcotics bureau. Okay, Big Man. I'll tell him. Meeting from five minutes, Chief Brown drove in.

Okay, I want to pick up my stuff from the captain first.

All right, Skipper. Come on in. Give me a little better Friday. Get some rest. Yeah, a couple of good meals. That's the trouble with the flat-skating they never knew where to eat.

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