Zain: Inside Out Part 1

Zain: Inside Out Part 1
Episode 566 19th December 2007, ITV1, 8PM

Will and Stone break into a flat only to find a junkie dead. This in turn sparks an investigation where Jack has to rely heavily on the assistance of Zain Nadir of all people. Heaton’s far from happy about it. However there’s killer heroin out on the streets and its coming from Hays End prison, where Zain is currently doing ten years at Her Majesty’s pleasure.

Simon Mitchel, head of the prison wing that houses Zain, shows Jack cctv of his officer Ryan Carter getting into a scuffle with Habib Gassin who, Simon says, planted heroin on him. Sure enough, after a tip-off Ryan was found to have drugs on him. Jack leads on the investigation – his first port of call is Zain.

Elsewhere Stuart and Stone steam into prison officer Ryan’s house after watching a biker deliver a package - as they suspected it was heroin. Ryan was desperately trying to flush it away. He swears he’s being set up by Jason Forbes, Hays End heroin dealer, who also shares a cell with Zain. Ryan insists Forbes must be planning something big and he’s keeping him off the wing.

In the face of Heaton’s personal judgement, Jack ends up instructing Zain to go undercover into Forbes unsavoury world in the hope of gaining valuable info to control the deadly heroin that’s flooded the streets and prison. Although its extremely unlikely Zain will fall in love with this drugs baron, will he double cross Jack again?

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