S03E07 · SCENE 43/39 · 51:11
Back Burners · Apartment
Detectives Discuss Phone Network

Detectives examine call records and realize the phone network is a closed drug network that changes phones frequently.

51:11→51:59
in the episode · 0m 48s · S03E07

What happens

51:11–51:59

The team reviews phone data showing a closed network of disposable phones with speed dial. They conclude a clearing house coordinates the network but the phones change too fast to tap.

WhereApartment
DriverTwo men
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51:12

-Forgot my Newports, didn't you? -Oh, shit, man, l did, yo.

51:17

Let me do these chips and then l'll go get your cigarettes.

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51:11–51:59
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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