The Big Jules

Originally Aired: June 19, 1952

Dragnet #158, "The Big Jules," Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are assigned to narcotics detail, attempting to track down the source of high-grade European heroin that has been flooding Los Angeles for two months. Their break comes when a felony car brings in a well-dressed man named Jennings, caught with two capsules of the same high-quality heroin taped inside his shirt collar. Despite being clearly under the influence, Jennings insists he's not an addict and can "take it or leave it alone," refusing to reveal his source because he's "not an informer."

After booking Jennings into the main jail, Friday and Smith return the next morning to find him in the early stages of withdrawal, trembling and desperate. Faced with his worsening condition, Jennings finally breaks down and gives up a name: Eddie, a tall, blonde bartender who works at a bar on South Main Street near Fourth. Jennings reveals he pays Eddie six dollars per capsule and once followed him to a beer garden on Manchester where Eddie apparently made a pickup. With this lead, Friday and Smith now have their first real connection to trace up the supply chain.

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