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>> out of this house here on the left where that lady is. surveillance of the operation is a big part of the groundwork that leads up to the actual raid. >> over at 108. >> going to stay at 108. then the rest of guys are going to go over and meet winston over at south boston. >> in preparation for a coordinated assault on south bostons drug dealers, officers from across the department keep around-the-clock tabs on all 12 suspects. >> we try to just get, you know, a patent down as to the comings ...

See a suspect go home. put them to bed so to speak. youre confident hes going to stay in there for the night. >> as the drug dealers are put to bed, lieutenant detective robert mernas son, eric, patrols the streets of roxbury with his partner, mike burke. >> my fathers been a police officer for 25 years. now he runs the drug unit citywide. >> eric may have a high-ranking cop for a father, but the rookie isnt looking for any shortcuts. >> i work in roxbury 4:00 to midnight. the busiest shift we h...

Ago. its just one of those couples that theyre going to be together always no matter what. >> on the streets of south boston, a sudden spike in drug traffic has had deadly consequences over the past few weeks. a double murder on west broadway. a fatal stabbing on east 9th street. now the question is, what comes next? >> hey, lieutenant. >> hey, buddy. >> how you? >> thanks for coming in. >> no problem. any time. >> lieutenant detector, robert, the head of the departments drug unit, has come up w...

Boston, a sudden spike in drug traffic has had deadly consequences over the past few weeks. a double murder on west broadway. a fatal stabbing on east 9th street. now the question is, what comes next? >> hey, lieutenant. >> hey, buddy. >> how you? >> thanks for coming in. >> no problem. any time. >> lieutenant detector, robert, the head of the departments drug unit, has come up with an ambitious response. take down south bostons most dangerous dealers all in one shot. >> as you know, weve been b...

Robert mernas son, eric, patrols the streets of roxbury with his partner, mike burke. >> my fathers been a police officer for 25 years. now he runs the drug unit citywide. >> eric may have a high-ranking cop for a father, but the rookie isnt looking for any shortcuts. >> i work in roxbury 4:00 to midnight. the busiest shift we have in the city. if i wanted to take the easy way out, that wouldnt be where i work. a lot of the guys i work for worked with my father. break my chops. its all in good f...