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The Museum Curator, an elderly lady in her late fifties showed Tracy and Longton inside.

The Commander walked around the room, Longton looked on bemused as the Commander kicked the skirting boards and tapped the floor intermittently.

Commander called, Longton came over and together the two officers lifted the red woollen carpet away from the wall to reveal the polished floorboards below.

A couple of minutes later Longton got the fright of his life as the floorboards suddenly flew up and amidst the cloud of dust the Commander appeared from below.

Stuck in slow traffic by the Westgate roundabout, Tracy saw the familiar figure of Longton standing by the side of the road trying to redirect the traffic so as to minimise the chaos.

There was a loud clonking of feet on the wooden steps as Longton joined them in the basement vault.

Tracy passed a torch down and listened as Longton shuffled off down into the depths.

She entered the office she shared with the Commander only to be quickly joined by Longton who placed a clear plastic bag of mud and pieces of rubble on the desk.

Tracy watched as Longton left the office closing the door behind him, however the peace was to be once again short lived as it was soon disturbed by the telephone ringing.

As he watched Tracy disappear down the corridor towards the custody block, Longton decided he had better shorten the odds in the office sweepstake.

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Longton knocking at the door.

A few net curtains twitched at the arrival of the Commander, Longton, Barrett and about ten other officers, the banging of car doors being the first that some people in the street knew of the arrival of these unusual Christmas visitors in the area.

The Commander indicated to Longton and one of the officers to commence their search downstairs, the Commander meanwhile with the other officer proceeded upstairs.

The Commander and Longton both realised suddenly how the gang had managed to squeeze through the smallest space into the premises they burgled.

The Commander joined Longton and the Chief Superintendent and looked back at the building, seeing for the first time the source of the emergency alert.