Pawnshop robberies continue. Detectives are looking for the ex-girlfriend of the injured employee, from whom she gave birth to a child. The girl's brother, who lives next door and takes care of her, is found hanged. One of the bandits comes to the police and expresses a desire to cooperate. The antique dealer is detained in the hope that he will be identified.

Captains Stroganov, Frolov and Kotov do not find the abducted Mukhtar, but the thieves, fearing problems with the police, leave him in the forest. The dog is picked up by a police patrol. Mukhtar leads the operatives straight into the criminals' lair. A gang of dog kidnappers is detained, but Zhanna Eduardovna's dog is not found there. We have to start looking for Arturchik all over again. A woman receives a demand for the redemption of her pet. The operatives ambush the extortionist, but he turns out to be more cunning and hides from the police along with the money. But by this point, the operas have another suspect— the victim's lover.