Drayton, a perfectly normal and respectable businessman, is sacked from his job as general Manager of the Dynaflow company after only four weeks in office. The company has been bought out by a Mr. Purvis and the price is suspiciously low. Drayton contacts the I.B. and it doesn't take Smith long to realise that a colossal Purchase Tax swindle is in the making. The trouble is, how to prove it. And that's where Smith has to start playing the waiting game.
The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.
Lying to the Customs men - whether about that extra packet of cigarettes or an expensive gold watch - causes more trouble than it's worth. Sheila and Dick Graham find this out when they lie about a valuable microscope found in their luggage, and set McInnes and Smith off on an investigation.
Guest Stars:
James Grant, Donald Eccles, David Knight, Jennie Linden, Gilly McIver
Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?
Ross McInnes learns that a good I.B. man must think of the Department above all things - even above friendship.
When Penman's flat is broken into by a young man, a chain of strange events leads the I.B. into a macabre and dangerous case.
Smith arrests two old clients and oversteps the mark. The two he has accused insist that he himself should be investigated.
Fortunes can be made from a leak of information from a Customs office. Smith and McInnes attack the problem from two sides, both with equal application.
Perhaps to be a good I.B. officer one should have no emotions at all. Ross McInnes finds this out the hard way.
When Paul Valery, an international con-man, has a mysterious visitor, the I.B. become involved with a very undesirable alien.
When Paul Hasek, a foreign diplomat, is caught in a compromising situation, his privileged position is used as a cover for smuggling.
Any way of reducing the price of mink coats would be welcomed by some women, even if it means depriving the country of revenue.
When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.