Heiko Wisotzki has been in prison for drug smuggling for four years. A trial date should now bring him the freedom he longed for. When the application is rejected, Wisotzki takes a female guard hostage and flees. A little later he is found shot dead next to his getaway car. Wisotzki once betrayed his accomplices to the police for a lenient sentence. Dorin Dumitrescu could also have a motive for murder. The passionate policeman was seriously injured by Wisotzki on duty.