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It's the old trademark from when Appleton House were a mill.

This fob's for an apartment in that complex.

We believe Alastair's abduction is a personally motivated attack

on the Chief Constable.

Come forward and help us bring him home.

Any comment on this video of Alastair being held in captivity?

Please, let me go.

We'll need a list of past cases

potential enemies, with the means to pull off something like this.

Vasil's crew are laughing at you.

You need to hit 'em back twice as hard so you can keep your respect.

The money gets dropped off.

Twenty minutes later, it's picked up.

And that's your window.

Maybe this is the opportunity we've been waiting for, to take Vasil out.

Let's do it.

- Here. Keep it. - Bless you, beti.

Saw my dad, at the hospital.

You didn't tell me.

- I don't like this. - Look, we're meeting in Lister Park.

There'll be plenty of people about

and I'll share my location the whole time.

Harry Virdee, now the game begins.

Let the boy go.

It was the prelude to the nightmare of violence.

Bradford had dreaded.

Running battles between police and Asian gangs

through the city centre, sending shoppers running for safety

and destroying all pretentions of civic harmony.

In this continuing summer of racial violence in Northern towns

this is yet another victor for the extremists.

There is no doubt that this is a battle for Bradford's streets.

There can only be one outcome, one way these streets can be reclaimed

and that's by the use of law and order.

Though one has to wonder, at the end of the evening

what a cost that's going to be.

Stop! I can't... I can't breathe!

Where's your inhaler?

We good?

- Come on, we've got to keep going! - I can't. I'm wheezing so bad.

- You go! - I'm not leaving you!

Harry, they're gonna kill us!

Riaz!

Harry!

You can't hide forever!

You're dead!

You're dead!

They're round 'ere somewhere.

You seen what your lot are doin' to our city?

We'll show you who owns Bradford!

The fuck did they go?

Come on.

Lad!

Oh, my God.

No, no...

No... Come on, Tara.

Come on.

Come on!

It's alright. It's alright.

It's OK.

Aaron, where did you get this from?

Uncle Riaz's shop.

Oh, thank God you're OK.

What the hell is going on? They won't tell me anything.

Thanks for coming.

- Are you alright? - Mm-hmm.

The house is secure.

There's a squad car outside, it's not going anywhere.

And Harry is at the hospital. I can take you there now.

- Where's Aaron, is he OK? - He's fine. He's with Nadia.

Come here.

I heard about Tara.

I spoke to the duty doctor, she's stable.

OK, good.

What the fuck happened tonight?

Who were that man on the phone?

I don't know, but I'll find out. I promise.

We should go home.

- You're no good to anyone if you collapse. - Yeah, I can't.

I've gotta wait for Mandip. She's on the way.

She's with Tara, I just saw her.

Get off me!

No! Get off me!

She won't let me do anything!

- I'll get help! - What's happening?

- Just please, put it down! - Tara.

- You did this to me! - Please let go of it!

She's likely hallucinating.

Tara, it's me, Saima.

The nurse tried to give her a sedative but she freaked out!

TARA WAILS - Tara, you're safe.

Tara, you're having a panic attack caused by whatever drugs you were given.

Just let us help you.

It's OK, look at me.

I'm not letting you go. I'm not letting you go.

Who would do this to her?

Is this connected to your police work?

- She'll be sedated until morning. - I'm not going anywhere.

You can use the family room if you like.

It'll be more comfortable.

No.

Thank you, for what you did for her.

Sorry.

So, SOCO have finished at your house.

And they've collected the envelope that the phone came in.

So, er, you can go home anytime.

- Thanks, boss. - Thank you.

What if this man turns up at the house?

- Tries to hurt us? - Look, he won't.

But I need to be there in case he makes contact again.

Can you stay at your dad's for a few days? See how we go?

Tara'll be fine, Harry.

Trust me.

Yeah?

Mr Boardman?

Yeah. Alright, I'm on my way, boss.

I've not been around much since he were a kid.

I can't let him down now.

Do you know who has my son, Harry?

You... you must have some kind of working hypothesis.

Are these attacks linked in some way?

I believe there's a drug connection to the case.

Priti Parmar and her ex-boyfriend Xavier were in the business.

Also, both Priti and Tara had henna on their bodies

which is being analysed as we speak.

We're pursuing all South Asian connections

but it could also be a smokescreen.

Right?

We don't know who this guy is, but he's playing with us

wanting to see if we can unravel who he is.

Feels like he's building to something.

This came into HQ an hour ago.

I have in my possession.

Alastair Boardman.

A few hours ago.

I challenged DCI Virdee to arrest me.

He chose instead to rescue his niece.

At 4pm today, I will phone this number.

I want to speak to DCI Virdee.

Nobody else.

He sent it from a burner device on a VPN.

We assume the call at

four o'clock will follow a similar pattern.

Harry, have you any idea why this man wants to talk to you

and only you?

Let's go.

Looks like the kid was right.

Make a move and I'll blow your fucking head off!

Grab the bags!

Come on, hurry up!

Let's have a look.

That'll do. Move.

Come on, let's bounce!

- Come on then. - Come on, slow coach!

Who's that?

Who the bloody hell's this now?

That's Vasil's crew!

Oh, shit! Drive! Drive! Go!

What's this pratt doing?

Keep going, keep going, keep going!

Keep going! Ah, yeah!

Come on!

That were good timing.

How you feeling? Shouldn't you be at home?

I needed to see my wife.

The house were quiet without you both last night.

I came to see Tara too.

Of course.

Come here.

- Look, I've gotta go. - Mm. See you in there.

I want to speak to DCI Virdee.

Nobody else.

- Can I go in? - Yeah.

Thank you.

I can't remember much.

I'm not here for that.

I'm here for you.

I never saw his face.

Can't remember a thing. Great reporter I am.

Tara... we don't have to do this now.

No, it's OK.

It were hot.

Like, humid. No air in the room.

Just "tropical" hot.

I think we were below ground.

He had these glass tanks everywhere

filled with these wasps.

Never seen anything like it.

Yeah, that's it.

Those... things.

There was, like, UV lamps or something.

This is all great, Tara.

You're being a huge help, alright?

Is there anything else you can remember about him or Alastair?

Maybe that's enough now, Harry.

Al... Alastair were tied up.

Out of it.

I don't know if he were hurt, or drugged maybe.

That's fine. OK.

What?

What is it?

Um...

See there?

That's Urdu text.

What does it say?

It's

three numbers.

Four, two, oh.

420?

Why's he written that on my neck?

It's Urdu, it's chaar sau bees.

It's slang for "dishonest".

Used to call us it growing up

cos our shop were 420 Lammington Lane.

Kept accusing us of overcharging people

which we were, of course.

Right, get some rest now please.

Come on. Let's leave her alone.

- Alright, bye. - Bye.

Well done.

- Nice one. - Quite the loot.

- Vasil's gonna feel the pain of this. - Too right.

I mean, this will cover what we lost at the club, and some.

It gets distributed.

You what? Is she having a laugh?

- Get your missus to wind her neck in. - Hey.

Watch your mouth.

We spread it through community projects. Make a show.

We didn't earn it

so let Vasil see that we gave it all away.

Are you both off your heads? There's well over a mill here!

Nah, she's talking sense.

We only took from him to draw him to us.

Cover our costs, give the rest away.

Really rile him up.

To show him we can hit him harder than he hit us.

You've been moaning about Harry. Well, here's your answer.

Now, when Vasil comes for us

our actions are purely self-defence.

- What time does the kid get here? - He's on his way.

I'll go see if I can find him.

OK, it's four o'clock.

As before, encrypted, untraceable.

Keep him talking, I'm going to see if I can hack him.

Share the screen.

Are you there, Virdee?

We all want Alastair home safely.

- You have the power to make that happen. - You're right.

I have all the power.

So, DCI Virdee

tell them what you did.

The life you took.

I have your attention, it seems.

Tell them.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Do you know what I have here?

Black widow.

How long do you think he has, DCI Virdee?

Oh, shit!

No! Take that thing off him! Please!

Please, you don't have to do this!

Tell them what you did.

- Murderer. - What's he saying?

What do you know?

Alastair might not have long.

- Virdee! - All Virdee cares about is himself.

He'd let the boy die rather than tell anyone what he did.

What's he saying? What do you know?!

He's telling the truth.

Are you admitting to being a killer?

I said it, now take it off!

Your face, DCI Virdee.

Let me see it.

I believe this belongs to you.

No.

I gave that to Harry's mum.

Is that all you've gotta say to me?

You nearly died.

Does that not make you wanna fix things with your son?

He's not my son.

Not as long as he's married to you.

You know

all Harry has ever wanted to do

is make you proud.

He thought you were the bravest man he knew

but all I've ever seen is a coward.

A coward is a man who abandons his family.

You disowned him.

You have punished and humiliated him all because he broke your rules.

You're a bully.

And you can't stand that Harry isn't afraid of you.

I used to feel sorry for you.

But you will never be worthy of my family.

There you go.

Rich man. You're holding around 60K there.

What you gonna do with all that dosh?

I ain't giving you 60K.

I don't want the cash.

I want a one-to-one with the boss.

You've got rough hands.

Skin's like sandpaper.

Bosses don't work the shop floor.

You ain't in charge.

You can keep that,

and get me an audience with the real leader of Bradford West.

You'd pay 60 grand for a chat?

Maybe he's not as smart as we thought.

No.

Why did the Shala Crew take you?

Cos I did summat they didn't like.

So why not just kill you?

Can't.

Kids run the game round here.

Kill me and the rest'll walk.

They injected me with what I used to supply.

Make me an addict and I'm no threat to no one.

So you're a junkie now?

I'm on a detox programme.

I'll bounce back from it. Takes more than drugs to put me down.

So what do you want from me?

A cut.

What do you mean, a cut?

You've done nothing.

Go get a job. Do something good.

What?

Frying chicken for minimum wage?

I want what you've got.

If you take what I've got, what happens to us?

I ain't looking for trouble.

I'm just saying I can increase what you're bringing in.

Is it?

Just give me 5% of the BD4 take.

ENZO CHUCKLES - I run that area.

He ain't even on that.

Yeah, it's not my problem he's not smart enough to negotiate.

Hey.

Alright.

I'll give you a shot.

But no more selling on the streets for you.

Keep the gold, the value's climbing.

You start work for me here, tomorrow.

I'll be there in the afternoon, show you the ropes.

Now piss off.

The fuck did you just do?

Saw something in him, might cause me a problem one day.

I have to take this man's accusation very seriously.

Look, I said what was needed.

I'd have confessed to killing JFK if it got him to stop!

Boss, you... you don't actually believe I killed someone?

That will be all, DCI Virdee.

They're gonna suspend me.

The guy thinks he knows me.

He called me dishonest.

The henna, the wasps, it's all connected somehow.

Well, if it's personal and it has an Asian connection

I'll start with cases you've worked on with South Asian offenders.

Pawa.

Pawa?

- You've heard of him, right? - Bradford's most violent kingpin.

- Career case for you, bringing him down. - Of course.

Me and Boardman worked that case together.

But Pawa got banged up for life, he's in India.

Punjab Central Prison.

There was that extradition order in 2017.

I need you to contact them. Get a prison status check, alright?

We also need a list of every cellmate Pawa's had.

He were in for two stretches, 2002, 2008

- and then when we got him in 2017. - OK.

Start with Pawa.

If they suspend you

do you still expect me to tell you what I've found out?

Do you honestly think I had anything to do with Alastair's abduction?

Nah.

There's your answer then.

Another thing.

Tara said the room she was in were red hot.

"Tropical" is the word she used.

He's using UV lights to breed these wasps.

Takes up a lot of electricity.

Who else do we know who does that?

- Cannabis plant owners. - And how do we get them?

Electricity reports on unusual consumption.

I'll get in contact with the electricity providers

get a list of addresses with excessive usage in the past...

Eighteen months.

Anything with a 20% spike within five miles of Lister Park

where Tara was taken from, yeah.

- And prioritise remote locations. - Alright.

Khalil, look, you hit something, you tell me, yeah?

Stay home, Harry.

You need to be contactable.

420. One hour.

420. One hour.

They're both hiding something.

I didn't even know they still spoke to each other.

You don't think this is connected to last night?

I don't know what to think.

It doesn't make sense.

We know Riaz is full of secrets, but Harry

I've seen kids I teach with burner phones like this.

They're usually selling drugs, or working for dealers.

- Why would Harry be doing that? - But Riaz?

Face it.

Come on, we don't know the half of what he went through in prison

or who he was involved with.

Seven years inside. It changed him, Sai.

I know.

What you gonna do?

I'm gonna figure out what's going on.

So with the Urdu henna and the Asiatic wasps.

DCI Virdee and I believe we should be looking into all his past cases

involving an Asian perpetrator.

Pawa's obviously the most infamous one.

Fine.

We need to rule this guy out.

Contact Punjab Central Prison.

Lammington Lane?

- Yep. - Cheers.

This is a video file from Punjab Central Prison.

That was Pawa.

Cheers.

- Mum locked up the shop. - Yeah?

We should be alright in here.

What the hell?

Oi, Harry!

Oi! Oi!

Get off him!

Come on! Do something!

Riaz?

Mum, call the police!

Mum!

Oi.

Get off him.

Fuck!

No, no, no, no, no!

No... No! Fuck!

What are we doing here, Harry?

2001.

Who'd you tell?

You told someone.

No.

Why?

The guy who took Alastair Boardman calls me at the police station

torturing the kid live on the phone, tells me to confess.

Calls me chaar sau bees.

420, this place.

Did you tell Pawa?

- Pawa? - Don't fuck with me, Riaz.

When you were inside with him, did you slip up?

- Tell him something you shouldn't have? - No.

Are you sure about that?

I can't fucking believe this...

In prison, he were my first cellmate, you know this.

Eighteen, and they stuck me in there with him.

How could you be so fucking stupid?

You don't know what it were like for me.

Full of psychos and violent offenders. And the.

I were a kid. I were scared.

I were scared of what he'd do to me, so I told him.

I didn't think it would come back on us.

- You've fucked me. - No.

No, no, no. You fucked yourself.

Right, let's be honest, shall we? Paul King?

Right? Paul King, you didn't need to kill him.

You lost it! Or maybe you just wanted to!

Hmm?

Go on then. Go on.

I should've burned this shithole down years ago.

You checked the bastard's still in prison?

Got visual confirmation, but

something still feels off.

Well, I took out his entire network. No point hunting there.

So who's left?

Only those who helped put him away.

What were the name of that guy, the accountant?

What, Henford?

Yeah.

You focus on him and I'll see what I can find out.

Come on.

She's breathing.

Swap clothes with me.

- Harry, give me your clothes and leave. - What you talking about?

I'm not letting you take the blame.

We'll explain it.

Self-defence, he's off his face on something.

- The police... - They'll lock you up

and throw away the key.

Listen to what's going on out there.

Bradford's burning.

I don't want people knowing I was too chickenshit to protect my own mum.

Riaz

I'll be an embarrassment!

You've saved me enough times. It's my turn now.

No. No, I can't.

I did this, Riaz, this was me.

I did this.

Nobody knows you're here.

My mum didn't see you.

Just give me your clothes and leave.

Don't let me be that guy who couldn't even save his own mum.

Please, Harry.

Ma'am?

So I've been doing a check on properties within five miles of Lister Park

that are using more than 20% of their usual electricity

just like we do with cannabis farms.

In Tara's statement, she spoke about seeing spider wasp tanks and UV lights.

And these seven addresses match the profile.

That one highlighted is most significant.

It's a 40% percent spike in usage

and the owner, Visam Bhuchar, was arrested in 2015

for illegally owning and breeding mesobuthus tamulus.

It's the Indian red scorpion.

Not spider wasps, but a red flag.

Absolutely.

Visam Bhuchar has a long list of pre-cons.

He was even arrested twice by Boardman when he was a detective.

Did you have something for us, DC Amin?

I want a full team ready to go in 30 minutes.

This could be our guy.

Well done.

What are you doing here, Saima?

What have you got yourself into, Riaz?

Are you in trouble?

No.

Is Harry involved?

Involved in what?

Found this hidden in his car.

So what?

It's got one number saved in it.

Belongs to this.

Aaron took it from your desk yesterday.

I need you to tell me the truth, Riaz.

Stop.

Come on.

Just because you don't tell us what you do, doesn't mean we don't see it.

Whatever mess you're in, whoever you're working for

you keep Harry out of it.

Listen, you don't know what you're talking about, alright?

Back off.

Go home.

Go home!

Hello, TMB Accountancy.

Hiya, could I speak to Matthew Henford, please?

I'm sorry, Matthew doesn't work here anymore.

He's left the company?

Yeah, six months ago.

Alright, any idea which accountancy firm he moved to?

He's working from home nowadays.

Got it. Thanks for your help.

This is the house of our suspect, Visam Bhuchar.

Bhuchar has priors for drug offences, armed robbery and assault.

He was arrested twice by Chief Constable Jonathan Boardman

when Boardman was a detective working in Serious Crimes

so he has motive.

We'll be going in strong, with armed support.

You all have your briefing documents.

Any questions?

Let's get to it.

Come on, everyone.

Visam Bhuchar should be considered armed and dangerous.

Blockade both sides of the street. Stand back until everyone's ready.

Boss, listen to me.

I know I'm suspended.

You can fire me later, but I need assistance at an address.

Green Manor Farm, Baildon. It's Matthew Henford's place.

He were Pawa's accountant, something's not right.

Harry, we are at a suspect's house.

We have credible intel and I cannot speak to you about this.

Go home!

Look, I just...

Armed police!

It's empty. Alastair isn't here.

Just a few cannabis plants.

Alastair.

Alastair, I'm gonna get you out of here.

I intend to surrender, on one non-negotiable condition.

DCI Harry Virdee.

Sir, our job isn't to give criminals what they want.

Our job is to save my son.

Do you not think all this is connected?

- What do you mean? - I don't think Harry and Riaz

are the men we think they are.

Take out this Riaz Hyatt.

Riaz!