Episode
Scene of the Crime: Deadly Use
Overview
Florian robs a gas station to get money for drugs: he needs the money to meet a dealer. The deal is supposed to take place in an abandoned warehouse - but a SEK unit is already waiting there, having received a tip. Everything goes wrong here: Florian escapes, a SEK officer is shot. During their investigations, Lena Odenthal and Mario Kopper encounter a wall of silence.
Details
- Series
- Scene of the Crime
- Season
- Season 40
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2009-05-10
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
Deadly Use is Episode 17 in Season 40 of Scene of the Crime. It aired on 2009-05-10. The runtime is 90 min.
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