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.

Operatives are developing a plan to catch the scammers by provoking their actions in the mall. Suddenly, during the operation, a pickpocket named Bill comes across. The attackers are switching to stealing funds from transponders in cars. Operatives patrol the yards and almost detain the criminal. Mukhtar even manages to rip off one of the fugitive's sneakers. After analyzing all the connections of the detained Valera, the operatives detain his friend named Breeze. The antique dealer decides to finally deal with Kolosov, who got in his way. He organizes a fictitious accident with the colonel's car, the culprit of which offers Kolosov to "settle the matter without the participation of the traffic police." Kolosov is detained by internal security officers, accusing him of extorting a bribe.