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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 boston's 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 and goings of the suspects. when they come in, when they go out. watch them enter into the early mo...

See a suspect go home. put them to bed so to speak. you're confident he's going to stay in there for the night. >> as the drug dealers are put to bed, lieutenant detective robert merna's son, eric, patrols the streets of roxbury with his partner, mike burke. >> my father's 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 isn't 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 wouldn't be where i work. a lot of ...

Ago. it's just one of those couples that they're 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 department's drug unit, has come up with an ambitious response. take down south boston's most dangerous dealers all in one shot. >> as...

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 department's drug unit, has come up with an ambitious response. take down south boston's most dangerous dealers all in one shot. >> as you know, we've been banging them on the street over there, mostly street impact, drug dealing. west broadway developme...

Robert merna's son, eric, patrols the streets of roxbury with his partner, mike burke. >> my father's 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 isn't 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 wouldn't be where i work. a lot of the guys i work for worked with my father. break my chops. it's all in good fun. >> 103. somebody broke in through the front door there. >> okay. we got it. >> 103. she's h...