Methanol (2018) s01e02 Episode Script

I can easily sell even 4000 liters.
But that price has to start with a 5.
I figured out how to lower the price.
We'll dilute it with methanol.
Mom!
Until now we have 18 dead,
and 28 hospitalized
with severe methanol poisoning.
- You think that it really is from us?
- Nobody has anything on us.
What prick poured something in there?
I want to stay alive.
The Dubinas will leave me alone.
- Bastard!
- I didn't know!
Police!
Don't move!
We have no idea how many of them are,
where it came from or where it went!
We don't know how many people
are still at risk.
Good night.
To your health.
Mommy?
Mommy, wake up!
Wake up, mommy?
Mommy?
Mommy!
Wake up, mommy!
Mommy, get up.
Mommy…
Wake up.
METHANOL PART 2
Regional Headquarters,
Czech Police, Zlín
So far we have arrested 7,
those are them in front of you,
4 have already been charged and
today you'll charge the remaining 3,
which Captain Bradáč here
arrested yesterday morning.
I have read the preliminary hearings,
but I didn't find any connection…
…between those from Zlín
and from Ostrava,
so, we probably
don't have everybody.
We have no idea
how many of them there are,
where it came from
or where it went.
We don't know
how much of it there is.
Thus we don't know
how many people are still at risk.
And what does the Organized
Crime Unit have to do with it?
The lead investigator will be…
…the Chief Inspector
of the Economic Crime Unit,
Captain Marek Hálek.
We're working on the criminal activity
of the Dubina brothers,
and the companies around them.
It mainly is about untaxed alcohol.
Billions in tax evasion.
So, we are going to
uncover their deals,
and you will be investigating
the poisonings.
I expect that we will run up
against each other somewhere,
and you, Mr. Straka, will make sure
we don't get in each other's way.
Is that clear?
Thanks.
Colleagues, gentlemen,
we have 18 dead during 13 days.
It looks like the biggest case
in our careers.
So let's get cracking.
Deputy Commissioner?
We can't count on the prohibition
enduring until we uncover everything.
Hurry up.
Thank you.
Zlín, Drameba warehouse
I've got it for you.
Every sample will be labeled:
the place, date and time.
I want a complete analysis,
not only the CH3OH content,
but also the origin of the alcohol,
analysis of impurities,
isotope parameters.
So, why were you
at Malota's last night?
Who's Malota?
You mean Hofman?
I mean Malota.
You don't even know
whose shoes you pissed on, man.
Normal half-liter bottles.
And those small ones
for two deciliters.
And then he brought that alcohol
from Hofman, you know.
- What about the labels, also from him?
- No, those were mine.
You sell a bottle for 60.
And people buy it like mad.
Yeah, what is it?
Simona…
Reporters are about priority
154 for me, right now, okay.
So, deal with it, ok? Fine.
Hey, are you still there?
Photograph all their labels.
Yeah, all of those
where methanol was found.
Print them out, okay?
Bye.
Finished, they sang.
So let's go see Malota?
I'll tell you on the way.
Come help me out, first.
Leave that here.
You're going to need your hands.
Let's go.
This is a police state, here…
You're crazy.
Look,
I'm getting married in an hour,
am I supposed to get married
without my father?
I'm sorry,
but I can't give you any information.
Thank you, boys.
Say hi up north.
This is just the Karvin Region,
the rest is in the car.
Can't you at least give me
a phone number for someone?
You're going to have
to consult a lawyer.
A lawyer!
Porybný sold Pernica alcohol,
or most likely,
already alcohol with methanol.
Pernica made rum, vodka, and other
goodies out of it in the garage.
Everything had
a counterfeit AZ Cool label.
Yeah, okay, but how much exactly?
He got 280 liters.
He processed those.
We found some of it in that garage.
He sold most of it
to surrounding retailers.
Some, most…
What kind of information is that?
We need it to be exact,
to the milliliter.
- Jesus!
- Wait, this is my office.
This Malota who had people call him
Hofman is important.
It looks like they got it from him.
We'll put the screw on him
and then we'll know more.
Well, I hope so.
There aren't any interrogations here,
no business searches,
no searches of the premises.
Well, you keep reading,
and in the meantime I'll get
more names out of that snitch.
Can you believe that booze
is out there somewhere, unsecured?
- When it's so poisonous?
- I get you.
But, honestly, I don't know
why anyone would buy that shit.
Half a liter of rum for 70.
What did they think
they were drinking? Armagnac?
You think that it's those
people's fault that they got poisoned?
And isn't it?
Okay…
So, let's question the one
that poisoned them.
Or do you want to keep on coloring?
Hell.
Hello.
Hello.
Information on your rights.
Read it and sign it.
Excuse me.
- Kořínek, hello.
- Hello.
Mr. Malota, where did you get that
alcohol with the poisonous methanol?
I didn't know
there was methanol in it.
I wouldn't want that
on my conscience.
So, you didn't make it?
No way.
I thought…
…it was normal food-grade alcohol.
Just…
…without taxes.
I believed it was
from a trusted supplier.
And who did you trust?
His name was Ruda,
somewhere around 40.
I think he's from Opava.
He works for the company Moto…
Moto something.
He helped me…
He helped me out in the summer
when I had a flat tire.
Then he called me later
to ask if I had a buyer for alcohol.
He flattered you
when you had a flat?
Ruda from Opava.
Are you kidding?
You can find his number
in my phone.
How much did you buy from him?
About 300 liters.
Porybný was interested, so,
I turned around and resold it to him.
In that case, it's interesting
that you had him call you Hofman,
for such a drop in the ocean.
Are you pretending to be Mata Hari?
I was buying and selling alcohol
without tax.
I didn't want them
to know who I was.
Not buying and selling,
repeatedly buying and selling.
Porybný and Pernica knew you
as Hofman for years.
So, I had a nickname, all right.
- That's not illegal.
- And this Ruda,
you said you trusted him.
And when I do business with someone,
I know his last name.
But you haven't told us that, yet.
Are you covering for him?
Or he isn't your friend?
That he isn't.
So, you are going to have to tell us
more about him.
Because if we don't find him,
it will all be on you.
That's unlikely,
I didn't have any methyl.
You should be a comedian,
you aren't responsible for anything!
You only released poison
amongst the population.
You haven't made the least
amount of effort to stop it!
I've told you everything I know.
Then it looks like
you have Alzheimer's.
Well, in that case,
I'm ending the interrogation
of the accused.
My son is getting married today…
And I'm here.
So those were your children who were
looking for their father this morning?
- They were here?
- Yes.
- And what did you tell them?
- Well, about as much as you told us.
Search warrant?
As soon as possible. We need to get
as much as we can on him.
Write it. Pavel will get it for you.
Judge Kostka should be on duty.
By the way, Mr. Nebeský,
he will be working on it with you.
- As a second public prosecutor?
- Excuse me.
One person is too few for this,
and there are also two of you, right?
The question is
whether it isn't too much.
Pardon me?
Of course.
We have to be smart with Malota.
Find that Ruda, okay?
So…
You know how to change a flat,
your number's not working
and you're doing your damage in Opava.
Who are you?
Hi, Řepa!
You know how it is.
Hey, listen, we're looking
for some guy from your region.
What exactly were you drinking,
and how much?
We were drinking rum,
a couple of shots, like usual.
I can't understand how someone
can kill so many people,
and more are dying!
And the police,
what are they doing about it?
We're scratching our butts.
The agreement
was for four thousand bottles,
just to begin with.
Hey, prohibition wasn't my idea?
If you don't want this deal, then…
What do I care
that you can get it into Tesco?
Fine, then!
Come by and sign it
and we'll all be happy.
You ass!
You're really going to sell it?
Hey, they're not showing
my bottles on television.
There is no reward on my head.
You don't give a shit
that it can kill?
So what?
Smoking kills too,
and even doctors smoke.
Whatever you think.
This is yours
until the end of the month.
In October I want it back.
Empty.
I'm going somewhere to hole up
for a while, and you should too.
You know what your problem is?
You make it too complicated.
The question is:
To have half a million…
…or not?
Zakopal.
Hi.
Good work, lads.
Motogood, like in English,
got it.
One word.
The Odratech complex.
That's all?
Okay, thanks, I'll give it a try.
Bye.
Good job, Ostrava.
Hello, Serve and Protect Security.
Is this the Odratech complex?
Yeah, I'm looking for Ruda.
Ruda from Motogood.
Fulín, right!
That's it.
You're quite a big shot.
Hey, I just got it
from the operator,
Rudolf Fulín, born in 70,
lives in Dolní Lutyně.
Too late.
Fill out a request and call Nebeský.
Tell him to get us
another search permit.
I'll get the car.
- Take all of that, complete.
- Right.
- These cigarette butts for DNA?
- That isn't necessary.
Thanks.
Trachta!
I need to open it.
When are you going to release him?
That's up to the judge
or the public prosecutor.
Yesterday he was remanded
into custody, section 157,
endangering health
with unsafe food products.
What?
Stay outside.
The cube in the back,
take samples.
And take it right to the ladies
in Frenštát.
What are you building…
…by that garage?
I refuse to comment.
Hey, leave that alone!
That's our family plum brandy!
You're not going
to tell them anything?
Why not?
Keep going!
Yeah?
Three hundred liters is bullshit.
There was a lot more than that.
And I'll be picking up his chum
in a moment. I'll be in touch.
- Hi there, boys.
- Hi.
Criminal Investigation Department.
Is Rudolf Fulín home?
Police!
Rudolf Fulín?
You're under arrest
under section 157…
Ruda?
Ruda, what's going on?
Ruda, please.
Wait!
- It's all yours.
- Let's go.
What unsafe food?
He works with cars!
Will you wait for me?
So far we've secured roughly
700 liters of alcohol with methanol.
One source here around Zlín,
which leads to Malota,
others from a stand in the Ostrava
region or incidental finds.
We don't know how it got there.
Malota isn't telling us yet and Fulín
won't even cough without a lawyer.
Prohibition may have slowed it down,
but not enough.
Yesterday another woman died
in the Ostrava Region,
and we have 13 hospitalized
over the last 48 hours.
Mostly Ostrava, Třinec, Havířov,
but also one in Prague,
four at a wedding in Prešov
and two here.
- Some of them are pretty serious.
- Firemen and hygienists…
…put up mobile labs on the street,
and we also have reports of methanol…
…from places we thought
it wasn't present.
There may be more.
Someone threw 60 bottles
into the forest near Bruntál.
- With methanol?
- But they had been poured out.
We desperately need to work
on this case in the north immediately.
We've arrested stand operators there,
secured their stands,
but nobody has gone further up.
The files are one big, fat mess.
I have coroner's reports
and toxicology reports to evaluate,
I really can't manage alone.
You think Trachta could help me?
No, I need him.
I thought you would be systematically
going after the culprits,
that you would want wiretaps
of the numbers that we know so far.
I would have to put a person on it,
so give me one.
You think that all crime
has stopped because of methanol?
But there's no way we can keep up!
There's only five and a half of us.
So what?
Do you think I don't do anything?
I'll have you know
that while you are still asleep,
we're submitting requests
for bank information,
approvals for securing assets,
we keep our eye on the arrests,
correspondence, visits,
we decide on the accused's complaints!
- I alone have 300 calls a day!
- While I'm asleep, right?
I don't even remember
the last time I slept!
Hey, stop it, please.
If we don't want more dead bodies,
we have to count the liters.
I want the output figures for every
inspection where methanol was found.
I want an online system,
where the analysts will be able…
…to record all the data
and compare it with the toxicology.
And where we'll have access.
Crime database keeps failing,
it can't deal with the data.
I'll connect our IT Department
with yours.
I'll increase your budget for it.
Leave it to me.
We have to find
where it all flowed to and secure it.
That's the priority!
Žeranovice,
ViKa Drink bottling plant
- Hi.
- Hi.
They let you in here?
- I told them you were waiting for me.
- You liar.
We found ground zero,
it's coming from Malota.
- Hello.
- Really?
Officers confirmed there was
half and half methyl and ethyl…
…in Malota's cube.
Okay.
So, I want the analysis of both,
and everything seized in groups
according to that. Every bottle.
Right.
See you later.
- Pills.
- Yeah, yeah.
You're not going to…
Don't worry.
Bye.
What did he tell his wife?
- Will you wait for me?
- Yeah.
He almost cuffed himself.
He knew we were coming.
Otherwise,
he's definitely no rocket scientist.
Set it up so that he meets Malota.
I want to see them together.
- Here you go.
- No, after you.
Please, go ahead.
Excuse me.
I almost couldn't get through
that crowd.
Each defendant
has to have a lawyer invited.
It's starting to burst at the seams,
here.
That's for sure.
I never sold Malota anything.
I know him,
but that bastard owes me money!
That's why he dragged me into this.
He owes me 150 thousand!
He told me he was selling alcohol
to companies.
But I told him I couldn't,
it wasn't possible.
My boss would've fired me
on the spot.
And what did he owe you for?
You said Malota owed you money.
What for?
During the summer I lent him
one hundred thousand.
He offered to pay me back 150.
I don't know what he wanted it for.
You're pulling our legs here,
but we don't have time for this.
I want to know
how much alcohol you sold Malota,
- because it then went to the people.
- Really, nothing!
Do you think that Mr. Hofman
wouldn't remember your last name?
You mean Mr. Malota?
What did I say?
- I…
- Hofman.
- No, no, he didn't say…
- I heard Malota.
How well do you know each other?
- Not that well.
- No.
He had a wife, she died.
He took it hard.
He lives with his kids,
they're grown up now.
- He fishes.
- So, you know each other pretty well.
No, not really!
I have nothing to do
with such people at all.
With what people?
They're kind of cold.
- He's like a carp!
- A carp.
Does that sound plausible to you?
Only in a fairy tale.
Does the counsel have any questions?
Questions?
Do you know the accused,
Aleš Pernica?
- No.
- And the accused, Alexandr Porybný?
- No.
- Is that all? Guards!
Fine, then. Next time we'll discuss it
in more detail, agreed?
Okay…
We've got Ruda. We've made
a lot of progress since last time.
During the house search at your place,
the police found the remains of a mix…
…of ethanol and methanol at the bottom
of a thousand-liter container.
What explanation
do you have for that?
Maybe there was something left
at the bottom of that cube.
I don't know. Ruda brought
such a big one, it was hard to handle.
But you stated
that you sold Porybný less than 300.
Where did the rest of it go?
- I poured it out.
- 700 liters?
It wasn't full.
Plus, we found a set of aids for
the production of alcoholic beverages.
Aromatic essences…
I only resold it.
And how do you explain the box
full of false HQ Exklusive labels?
I've got a lot
of unopened boxes in the garage,
so I can't tell you
how long I have had those ones.
- I buy and sell.
- Yeah, you buy and you sell, right.
Products with this brand of yours,
poisoned or killed…
…dozens of people in Northern Moravia
in the last two weeks.
And they contained methanol.
Just like in that mixture of yours.
How did it get there?
Not from me.
So, who sent it there?
Fulín?
- Who?
- Sorry, Ruda from Opava.
I don't know
what he delivered or where.
You claim that you
didn't actually know him,
but he knows you very well.
He said you weren't doing all that…
…before your wife died.
Alone with three kids…
- All the marriageable age…
- Gentlemen!
- How does this relate to the case?
- I guess you saw a lot of each other.
No.
You must have
really needed cash, hey?
Fulín said that you owed him money.
What a bastard.
Well, well?
He owes me.
Yeah?
And what for?
The remnants of Bitrex,
other denaturants,
and blue coloring
were found in your van.
You tried to degrade that mixture.
Fulín claims that you wanted
to sell him alcohol.
Where is it?
Does he have it?
Is that why he owes you money?
It's true I bought it from him,
but…
He later bought it back from me.
He didn't pay me.
Not as much as it cost.
How many liters was it?
Four thousand.
Well…
About four and a half.
I sold 300 to Porybný,
and then took the rest to Opava
when I saw what was happening on TV.
Where in Opava?
To Odratech.
That's the complex
where Ruda works.
He denatured it before the unload.
I don't know what he did with it.
How is it that
you didn't remember this last time?
I was upset.
About that wedding?
How your son got married without you.
You know, don't you?
- I know.
- Gentlemen…
You were planning to build something.
In order to expand production?
Should we call in your children
and ask them?
Leave them alone,
they don't know anything.
And I'm not telling you
anything more.
Next time I think we can do without
that emotional blackmail, gentlemen.
What?
My client has a weak heart.
It upsets him.
Your client caused the death
of a lot of people, mister.
You understand
that we just learned…
…about an amount of alcohol
that could kill 70 thousand people?!
I understand.
My client is cooperating.
But you can't expect him
to knowingly cause himself harm.
Bloody lawyers.
Counsel, Tomáš.
Counsel.
Did you notice that?
What?
That Malota clams up
when you hit a nerve.
Always.
His lackey even said as much,
didn't he?
Yeah.
And how could he harm himself?
Sooner or later we'll figure out
how it got to the north, anyhow.
If he told us that,
he would only improve his position.
He's afraid of something,
but not us.
All of Moravia says, you're either
with the Dubinas, or against them.
If it turns out that Malota
caused this, then they'll kill him.
Whether he's in prison or not.
He only needs
to keep his head above water.
That makes sense.
I always say, pick up the Dubinas
and half of our problems are fixed.
If he wasn't lying to us, we should go
take a look at that company in Opava.
- I'll arrange the search warrant.
- How soon, do you think?
- As soon as is necessary.
- On the way there?
Where'd you see that?
Yeah, but we need it
immediately, sir.
Well, I'm sorry about that,
but this is methyl and you're on duty.
Come on…
Turning on your computer doesn't take
that long. We'll pick it on the way.
I'm going to Opava to be sure.
If they are liquidating it,
it's too late.
Malota told us only half the story,
but the wrong half.
He only gave us the alcohol
that he allegedly returned to Fulín,
but he didn't admit what went north,
which is still there.
- And he knows where it is.
- Marek, that's why I'm going there.
- What he confessed and what he didn't.
- But we don't even know how much!
Okay,
I'll take care of Odratech,
then I'll go from door to door,
for each and every bottle,
I'll get the Ostrava unit
to help us with that.
You get some sleep,
you're as tired as a worn-out shoe.
Yeah, I still need to go over
the Northern Moravian files,
and I'll write you for the requests
of the acts that'll be required there.
Yeah, thanks.
I'd love a drink.
Here, have some.
What is it?
- Water.
- A drink, I said. See you.
Yeah.
Well, break a leg.
Opava, Odratech warehouse
Gather around, everybody!
Every third bottle
from each of those packages…
What is it you do here?
I'm the foreman here, I supervise
the work of the people who work here,
handicapped people,
a sheltered workshop.
- Gentlemen, we've got it!
- Really, beautiful!
Here it is!
- Hello.
- Malota wasn't lying. We found it!
You did?
How much is there?
If they mixed it the same each time,
then the estimate is… How much?
From 4 thousand to 4200 liters
of the same mixture that Malota had.
- Did you hear?
- Yeah.
- We have to catch him immediately.
- Finish up there, okay?
Continue according to the plan.
I faxed you
everything you need to Ostrava.
In the meantime I'll go for that.
- What was his name?
- Sikora.
Hána, we have a lead!
Hi, honey.
We have to go somewhere.
Yeah, I'm sorry, too.
Bye for now. Hugs.
Nupaky
According to the location
of the phone, he's still in there.
Mr. Sikora, open up,
it's the police!
What's going on?
You are under arrest
on the suspicion of the crime…
…of endangering health
with food products.
- This is a joke, right?
- No.
- Come with me, please.
- Leave me alone.
- Calm down!
- How dare you? Have you gone mad?
- Is that your wife?
- What do you think, you prick?
Go get dressed, okay?
Run along.
We are looking for safes, computers,
printed documents, tablets,
mobile phones,
all recording devices.
Are you willing to show them to us,
or do we have to find them ourselves?
Okay, have it your way.
You two take the living room,
the kitchen, I'll go to the back.
Hi.
I know!
Were you watching the news?
It's my work.
Oh, come on,
why wouldn't she recognize me?
Let me speak to her.
Goddammit.
Hi, sweetie, hi.
How was your sleep?
Really?
And have you got a snack?
We need to look around here.
Are you ready?
What do you think?
Well, you'll have
to vacate the room, okay?
Wait, wait…
What is it you want?
Money?
How much?
200 thousand, how much?
Tell me!
What do you think you're doing?!
Don't take him anywhere
and you can have me!
Mrs. Sikorová,
that isn't how it works, here.
Run along,
or I'll take you in, too.
Bastard! Dirty prick!
You're all pricks!
Havířov
Hello.
Are you the Malinas?
I need to ask you a few things.
Shall we sit?
Have you caught them, already?
We've arrested some people,
but there will likely be more to come.
And who are they?
Why did they do it?
I'm sorry,
but that's under investigation.
Sure.
It's only that that bitch Maruška
is still walking around Šumbarák,
and nobody does anything about it.
- Who's Maruška?
- A seller from the stand.
- Water?
- Yes, thanks.
She didn't know
what the owner brought there.
She didn't know,
but she should have known, dammit!
She poured that rum for dad!
That's what I want to ask you about.
If you are absolutely sure that
your father bought it from that stand.
And are you sure that
you wiped your ass this morning?
My dear lady,
I wouldn't have to be here at all,
if everybody here
wasn't drinking everything that flows.
We are only trying to secure
all the poisoned alcohol!
And what a great job you're doing!
They're dropping like flies here.
That's what I'm saying!
There's been a week of prohibition.
Your neighbors didn't even
finish grade school, or what?
Hečková, from the next building,
bought that poison alcohol
from a regular store.
I'm sure it was for a super bargain!
She's alone with two kids,
what do you suggest she should do?
How about not drinking?
She died yesterday.
Because of twenty crowns.
Cheers, then.
That's enough.
Get out of here.
Right now!
Mommy?
Hi.
Hello.
You are the state for me!
You are supposed to take care that
nothing like this ever even happens!
Or at least that it's not going
to get worse and worse!
You have to take it away
as soon as possible!
I can't keep it here forever.
Open one for me.
Open one for me!
You'll have to repackage them anyways.
These duty stamps are no longer valid.
They just said it on TV.
Tesco won't take them from me
like that.
As soon as there'll be new ones,
it's no problem.
They're added expenses, though.
Yeah, well.
Prohibition.
I hope they ease up soon.
You can bet that when they do,
I'll be waiting here with a lorry.
They're ready to move.
Hospital and Medical Center,
Havířov
Who bought that bottle? The one you
and your daughter drank out of?
I brought her some eggs that day.
Her daughter was sick,
so I told her a bedtime story.
And I guess…
Jana…
…had that bottle.
She went to that store
at the bus stop.
Little Julie…
…is in a children's home now,
as if I don't care about her!
Would you like me to cut that?
No.
Is there anything else you need?
Tell me what's going on outside.
It's cloudy.
The wind is blowing a bit…
Is it raining?
Not yet, but it probably will.
A car is just driving by,
a Škoda.
What model?
A Fabia.
What color?
Silver.
Mine is red.
And dogs?
Any dogs?
Dogs?
Yeah…
One.
Yeah?
And what breed?
I guess it is a purebred mutt.
Yeah.
That's the best breed.
The crime unit is interrogating
everybody at the Dubinas.
They didn't make it,
they know nothing about it,
but poisonous bottles of Orlice,
which works for the Dubinas,
are all over the country.
So, either the owner Hanik
poured it into them,
he's the one offering
a million for information…
…as to who damaged
his company's reputation,
or it was his exclusive distributor,
- Zábojník.
- I never claimed the Dubinas mixed it.
- Why are you showing me this?
- To give you a push, man.
It isn't that complicated.
Pick up those two.
And find out from them
how that shit got into their bottles.
- Have them point the finger at Fulín.
- Why at Fulín?
Then at Malota, it makes no change.
One of them sold it to them.
- Yeah, I guess so.
- You guess so? You guess?!
Well, we can't be sure, can we?
Everything indicates
that Fulín mixed it in Opava,
he sold it to Malota,
and it went on from him.
But if we're not completely certain,
we've to count on the alternative
that there are more people involved.
You can't be serious? What others?
How could there be more sources?
How would you prove
who took what from whom?
How will it hold up in court
if it is not cut and dried?
Those are speculations.
My goal is to cut off all the sources!
I've got the latest figures here
from Hána.
Let me read something to you,
okay?
I did some research on this theme.
You know how many died from methanol
poisoning in the last 11 years?
- No, I don't.
- Eight.
That tells you people forgot to pour
the heads from their homemade still.
8, Marek. 8 in 11 years.
So, for god's sake,
don't go spouting nonsense
that several people…
…decided to mix methanol here
all at the same time!
And can you imagine how many will
die if some source is neglected?
Okay!
Sure…
Let's say you're right. We want
to secure all the poisonous alcohol…
No, no, no…
To save lives.
Then, for god's sake,
explain to me
why we are holding friendly talks,
instead of interrogating
the biggest bastards,
who have the largest murders
in our history on their conscience?
How are you saving lives, then?
Stop.
Let's go.
Stand still.
Sit down!
I want my lawyer here.
You're not going to need him today.
I don't want you to talk.
I'm here on a visit.
I just want you to listen to me,
as if I was your old lady.
Yesterday, the Chief Physician
in Havířov explained something to me.
At the beginning,
when that crap gets into your system,
it causes light inebriation,
like normal booze.
But, then,
it gradually starts to break down…
…into formaldehyde
and formic acid.
The person starts
to have problems seeing.
He feels sick, dizzy,
he vomits.
He said it was like
when you are looking into a snowstorm,
and you can't catch your breath.
At a certain time,
you can't be saved.
You vomit,
your head hurts so much
you scream in pain,
until you lose your vision completely.
Your liver fails,
your kidneys and then,
ultimately, your heart.
You die in inconceivable pain.
Leave me alone!
A young girl
ended up in a children's home,
because you killed her mother
and blinded her grandfather.
A woman who lost her mother
and her father during 48 hours.
A 22-year-old girl who died
at the party where she drank,
men who supported entire families.
To date there are 22 of them!
We can be here for a long time.
Whose tragedy
would you like to hear?
Well?
We can keep silent.
I'll get more of these stories
on my notepad,
and every week I will come here
and tell them to you,
so that you know exactly who it is
that you killed again out there!
When will you have enough?
After 40, after 60?
Or will you man up
and stop it, dammit!
I thought that…
if I mix it with alcohol,
then it cancels it out,
and nothing will happen to anyone.
I'm really sorry.
How did you mix it?
We just poured them together,
and then we mixed it
with a rotary drill.
Malota said that if the price
started with a five, then…
Wait a second, Malota claimed
that you said 65 crowns a liter.
Well, he's lying!
He came up with the price.
I had to mix it half and half
so than I could even reach that price,
- and something was left for me!
- Half and half.
How much was there?
Five thousand liters.
So, a total of five thousand liters.
No!
Five thousand liters of methyl
and the same with ethyl!
Shit.
How did you even come up
with this idiotic idea?
I saw on the Internet that…
…ethyl cancels the effects
of methyl.
That could kill all of Jihlava
and Olomouc together.
No, no…
Fifty-five per liter.
Everybody must have wanted a piece
of that. Who did you sell it to?
Just to Malota.
We delivered it…
- I delivered it…
- Hold on!
Sikora and I delivered it,
always at night.
Sikora said I was a dickhead,
but because I promised him a share,
he helped me with it.
How much did you make?
We didn't really manage
to get it off the ground, really.
But, when I deduct the material,
we were left with 150 thousand.
Sikora got 50!
I wanted a swimming pool.
One source.
We've got it!
Good!
You all have it installed.
Everything we talked about is there.
If you need me,
I'm on my phone.
It's hard to believe
that someone can be such an idiot.
He didn't know!
But he should have known,
dammit!
We'll requalify it
as reckless endangerment.
Hána was supposed
to interrogate Sikora,
but he's not saying anything
without his lawyer. So tomorrow.
Tomorrow we'll lead
the interrogation.
We need Trachta, Hána,
everybody who has arms and legs,
we need them here.
We have to find,
and secure…
…all these links.
We have to have proof,
so Malota can't escape the truth.
Check his telephone again.
And get the regions involved. There's
no way we can manage it without them.
I just got an invitation for Sikora,
and on my mobile phone, too.
So the system's working!
Fifty-five a liter…
What a bastard!
We've made a breakthrough.
Call a press conference.
We finally can tell them something!
Please describe exactly
what your company does.
We make a dilutable concentrate
of anti-freezing mixtures…
…for windscreen wipers.
That's all.
And what exactly
do you use to make it?
Generally, or particularly,
denatured ethanol,
perfume compositions,
surfactants,
ethylene glycol and glycerine.
And food-grade alcohol?
We don't have that.
- Václav Trousil?
- Yes, what is it…?
You're under arrest on the suspicion
of committing the crime of…
So…
You and Fulín made a mixture
of ethanol and methanol.
- You know that methanol is poisonous?
- Everyone knows that, don't they?
I didn't mix anything.
Fulín's an idiot and he should be
locked up in some loony bin.
I don't know
why he's pinning this on me.
He precisely described the dates
and amounts of deliveries.
You delivered it with him to Malota,
you drove the van.
I didn't drive anything.
Fulín was going to be fired
from the company. He knew it.
He's taking revenge on me,
and dragging me into his own screw-ups
with that old crook.
You know Malota?
Well, sure.
A couple of years ago he sold me
the trademark for Sklokenol.
I haven't seen him since then.
Trust me.
I'm seriously not involved
in this with them.
We are pleased
to be able to announce…
Prague, Czech Police Headquarters
…that we have uncovered
the top of the pyramid,
meaning the distribution network
that disseminated…
…the poisonous methanol
among the populace.
We thank all the policemen
who were involved in this,
especially the investigators
from Zlín.
Two men mixed it in spaces in Opava.
We have a complete confession
from one of them,
who precisely described
the means of production,
distribution
and the motivation for the crime.
Both have been charged with the crime
of reckless endangerment,
for which they face a sentence
of 12 to 20 years,
or an extraordinary sentence.
However, police's work is not over,
but merely beginning.
We have to uncover
the rest of the distribution network,
prove the accused parties
committed these crimes,
and, above all, secure
the remaining contaminated alcohol…
…that has been distributed
among the people.
It could be up to 15 thousand liters.
Thus, we are asking citizens
to remain cautious…
…when consuming alcohol
of unknown origin.
If you have any questions.
Yes?
Is one of the culprits
the detained Rudolf Fulín?
We're not going to confirm
any names.
Thank you.
That's Hofman,
he delivered it to me.
Then I took it to Liberec
and to Ústí.
Three guys from Havířov
took it from me then.
Okay, keep going.
If you're interested in methanol,
then I think you should be interested…
…in hall number 135
in the former Svit plant.
Finish it up.
Why? We're just getting warmed up
here with Mr. Sikora, aren't we?
Mr. Sikora had a chance
to help us out, which he just wasted.
Do you know what I'd like to know?
Has anybody ever confessed to you?
In five minutes down in the car,
okay?
- I've got my notepad there.
- I'll get it for you, don't worry.
Guards!
Call Světlana,
tell her to talk with Fulín,
and to pay a lawyer for that cretin!
- I can recommend someone.
- Let Světlana do it.
The entire complex is administered
by the company Whipped,
but they are renting
this warehouse to Drameba.
The director is Robert Zábojník.
The space isn't registered
as a tax warehouse.
Zábojník? That's the guy
Straka was talking about?
Yes!
- What took you so long?
- Christ!
It was under our noses
this whole time.
Come on, hurry up.
- Did you get it?
- Good.
Boys, come over here.
Take all these cubes,
count them,
take a sample from each one…
Is that clear?
Document everything…
Back in Opava I asked myself
how it works?
It's a Raman spectrometer.
I shine a laser on it.
Part of the photons excites the
sample's electrons in a virtual state,
and then,
when those electrons return,
they radiate the photons
with a shifted wavelength…
Well, I simply shine the light on it,
and it shows me the chemical
composition of this sample.
Got you.
This one too.
Ethanol 96%,
zero methanol.
Okay.
There are 54 of them here,
we're looking for five or six.
Check the next one.
Let's get at it.
Well, this is excellent work,
gentlemen.
This is quite the haul!
It comes here right
from the Dubinas' warehouses,
then to the Orlice liquor plant,
or to Vika Drink.
Then back here,
from where it is distributed
throughout the entire country!
I heard you found boxes of labels.
This is the end of the line for them.
We got them,
and it's thanks to you.
And there's no methanol here.
My god,
you've found enough alcohol…
…that it's over
ten million just on excise tax!
We can get the Dubinas for that!
Fifteen and a half million.
- You make a big deal of it.
- Sure, while you were all champs.
Back in our time it was:
you want it or not?
Then go to hell, you cow.
Shit, stop the car!
Damn hell.
Dammit.
- You're smoking?
- Yeah.
You shouldn't.
Because now I'm going to raise
your pulse a bit. Come with me.
Come on!
- How long is this building?
- I don't know, 17 or 18 meters.
- Take this.
- What is it?
Two, three, four,
five, six, seven…
Eighteen, nineteen,
twenty, twenty-one…
Measure me!
How much?
Twenty-one and a half.
Why?
Be patient!
- Let's go inside.
- Inside?
Yeah.
Now measure it.
Well, well.
Trachta!
Are you crazy, man?
- You have a better idea?
- Yeah, I do. Come help me.
Come on!
Push.
Grab that!
There it is.
Radek, come over here!
Come here.
Yes!
Yeah.
Hurry up, shit.
Burn, burn, burn!
Don't let it go!
Come on, come on, come on!
Burn, burn, burn!
Wait, it just went out!
- Police, police!
- Move, move!
What are you doing?
Dammit!
What are you doing,
you idiot?
Thanks.
They couldn't find Zábojník anywhere.
We'll put an APB out for him.
What do you mean, 1600 liters?
We found almost 8000 bottles there.
There's 40% of that mixture
in those bottles,
the rest being essence and water.
You have to recalculate it.
Now I understand
why they put a bean counter on it.
Take a look at this.
My god, that's…
A contract with a buyer.
They were offering it,
even though they knew it could kill.
They wanted to get it into Tesco?
Why wouldn't they try it?
They had counterfeit certificates
on the origin of the alcohol…
- New tax stamps…
- You've got to be bloody kidding me!
Not only do the customs officers
turn a blind eye,
pretending that the Dubinas
and other such crooks don't exist,
but they are actively working
with them?
Tax administrators,
almost everybody had to be involved.
We'll hand it over to Straka, we've
our own business to take care of.
With tax stamps
it could be anywhere, dammit!
In airplanes, bars,
my brother-in-law's pub, even…
The bastards!
- So how much are we still missing?
- Well, roughly as much as we've found.
About 1600 liters
of that original mixture.
No, don't worry,
it's my own plums.
- Yeah?
- It's good, even though it's free.
What is it that's wrong with you?
My heart.
But it doesn't affect my role
as a bean counter.
To your health.
- It's good.
- Excellent.
- Hi.
- Hey, there.
Take a look at this, okay?
The producers and vendors of spirits
immediately began studying…
…the conditions for which they can,
once again, sell hard alcohol.
The first restaurants and hypermarkets
are already offering alcohol,
and tonight they want to start
fully stocking their shelves.
They've got to be joking!
Inspectors have already…
Don't you have
anything to say about this?
In this country, 200 thousand liters
of spirits are consumed every day.
Each day of prohibition
costs the state…
…20 million crowns
on excise tax alone.
And not to mention the producers
and distributors of alcohol.
No…
We were lucky.
I'll take those two.
You set your sights on Malota.
He is evidently the only one who can
tell us where we haven't looked yet.
If you write it up now, I'll submit
a proposal for a warrant immediately.
- And you're keeping up, too?
- Yeah, man, leave me alone.
I can't focus on it anymore.
I'm going to lie down.
- I'll be back in a couple of hours.
- See you later.
You have to hear this.
It's working!
Panic has broken out at the Dubinas
and at all their branches.
The water purifier in
Bystřice pod Hostýnem collapsed.
People can smell mint liquor
and rum there everywhere.
- What's so funny about that?
- Is there any methyl there?
No methyl in it, but the Dubina's
don't know that. They're panicking.
In Olomouc their people got the order
to pour out the entire warehouse.
And the workers there, since they're
inhaling those fumes all day,
they're completely wasted and calling
home to their wives to tell them…
…the Dubina's have gone crazy.
Well, I'm glad that makes you happy.
A case you're not overseeing
is taking off,
- but ours hasn't seen any progress.
- This is good for all of us, isn't it?
Don't hit me, or I'll hit you back.
See you.
- Bye.
- Bye!
So, what will we have?
What'll it be then,
what'll it be?
Shots!
Right.
The usual, then?
You bet…
- Hi.
- Hi.
Armored police occupied
the Hotel Lázně Kostelec near Zlín…
…shortly after 2 PM,
this is the main access road…
And away it goes…
- Do we have to have another meeting?
- They're bringing Malota.
They're going after the Dubinas.
It was me who called you here.
Have them take Malota
back to his cell,
we have to go see Fulín,
his new counsel called.
Fulín wants to change his testimony!
- Shit!
- Do you need me?
No, go there.
- Thanks, see you later.
- Bye.
Hotel Lázně Kostelec
The police have secured
all the entrances to the hotel,
representatives of the Organized
Crime Unit are inside…
- I understand.
- Hi.
So we found Dubina,
he was hiding in the sawdust.
- In sawdust?
- Yeah.
My client insists that he made
his previous testimony under duress.
Or to be exact, on the basis of false
promises from Captain Zakopal here,
that my client would
be released from custody.
Excuse me?
Mr. Fulín saw the accused, Mr. Malota,
only once during the summer,
when he sold him
a dilutable concentrate…
…of anti-freezing mixtures
for windscreen wipers!
And he could not further influence
what the accused,
- Mr. Malota, did with this mixture.
- Wait a moment, are you serious?
Is the accused going to speak,
or just you?
- That is the accused's version.
- Well, let's hear it from him, okay?
Well, then?
Radek Dubina, evasion of excise duties
in the amount of 6 billion crowns
Mr. Dubina, what happened?
Why did they arrest you?
- Mr. Chalaš, a comment?
- No comment as of yet.
Until now it all stood
on indirect evidence,
and the testimonies
of Fulín and Malota,
which pretty much seemed
to fit together. But, now?
Now it's a mess!
Malota will find out, Fulín withdraw
his testimony, the rest will do too.
They'll start to question
everything they told us up to now,
and I won't be able to argue
the grounds for detention!
I'll have to let them go!
We screwed up.
Are you in your office?
So, get ready, okay?
Come on…
We've got something for you.
Thanks.
They found Zábojník
in the Dubinas' flat.
What in heaven's name is all this?
All seized goods bear traces
of where they came from.
Alcohol is no exception.
It can be synthetic or fermented,
it contains various types of isotopes,
additives, impurities…
Those are all parameters
by which we can determine…
…if the alcohol seized in these places
come from the same source.
We have detailed analyses
of each seized sample.
The type of methanol, ethanol,
the degree of dilution…
The government increased our budget
so we could afford to be detailed.
I still don't get it.
The key moment was when we found…
…the remnants of the original mixture
at Malota's place.
To make a long story short,
we are able to prove that almost all
the seized samples came from Malota,
that they were originally
the same mixture.
Then some of the detainees
mixed in alcohol, or Sikora and Fulín…
…once again added some color
and surfactants back into it,
and bottled it
as a windscreen wiper fluid.
Simply put,
customs officials are able to prove,
in the laboratory,
that Fulín's first testimony was true.
And why doesn't everything fit?
Well, some of the distributors
may have added some other alcohol,
sometimes even industrial alcohol,
or chemically stripped denaturants.
In these cases, we'll have to continue
to investigate and interrogate.
Well, gentlemen…
I've got to hand it to you,
that's impressive.
You're champs, really!
Now there's just one thing left to do.
The Dubinas are in custody.
Malota has no reason to be afraid.
Yes, Malota will have to confirm all,
tell us where to find the rest,
and then it all has to…
- …fall in place for us.
- Then we'll have a solid case.
Good luck.
So…
That's Václav Trousil.
I sold him prepared alcohol.
Rum, vodka. In six-liter canisters.
I mixed it myself at home.
He was the one who sold it
in Northern Moravia. He told me so.
How much?
5100 liters in bottles and canisters.
Labeled AZ Cool
and HQ Exclusive.
Just like he wanted.
Libor Procházka,
Viktor Buchta,
they have
the Vika Drink liquor plant,
he bought 2000 liters
of Fulín's mixture from me.
They processed it themselves.
Robert…
…Zábojník…
He does the distribution
for the Orlice liquor plant.
Those two shared it with him.
Sometimes it has a Vika Drink label,
and sometimes Orlice, but…
I really don't know
the exact amounts.
And now yourself.
What else?
You still don't have everything?
A significant number
of canisters and bottles from Pernica,
and Trousil are still
circulating among the people.
They bought it and brought it home.
We're never going to have everything.
You can kill again at any time.
What can I do about it now?
Tell the whole truth.
All the way to the end.
You're missing about
1400 liters of the original mixture.
Where is it?
Dammit, is it among the people?
560 canisters,
almost seven thousand bottles!
What do they look like,
where are they, dammit?
Are you crazy?
Do you want that on your conscience?
You think that I'm a bastard,
don't you?
Fifty-five per liter.
You knew that it would not be pure,
harmless alcohol.
You just couldn't imagine
how big an idiot Fulín is.
But you said fifty-five.
On purpose.
Could I get some water, please?
Thank you.
I'll tell you where my notepad is.
You'll find everything there.
But…
I want the indictment
to state that…
That I always cooperated fully,
and expressed regret.
What?
I never lied to you.
I really regret all those deaths.
I'll give you all the names,
dates, delivery times…
But?
But I don't want to get a life.
You are going…
…to rot in the vilest prison
for the rest of your life, man.
Not even your children
are going to want to visit you.
Do you want to see me rot,
or do you want that notepad?
I'm not a judge.
I know you're not a judge.
But a lot depends
on the Public Prosecutor, doesn't it?
He can write
that I never lied to you,
that I regret everything.
If he does not recommend
a high sentence for me,
then I have a chance I won't get one.
I'll help you convict all of them.
Even Sikora.
You'll get what you want.
Marek…
We'll take
a fifteen minute pause, okay?
I'm not promising him shit.
That bastard started everything
with his cunning.
You mean you don't want
to find the rest of it?
To save lives?
What are we talking about here?
You want me to agree
with what you write in the indictment?
Don't screw it up in court.
Let me go!
You sons of bitches!
The esteemed Chairman, I am submitting
an indictment on Tomáš…
That at the turn of August
and September of the year 2012,
the accused Sikora and Fulín prepared
a mixture of poisonous methanol…
and subsequently
sold it to the accused Malota,
and he disseminated it further
to the accused, Alexandr Korytný…
Thus, intentionally endangering the
health or life of up to 158000 people.
The aforementioned accused purchased
the alcohol from an unverified source,
for a markedly low price and
from people who could not guarantee…
By which the accused Sikora,
Fulín and Malota,
committed the crime of reckless
endangerment according to section 272…
Regional Court in Brno,
Zlín Branch
Thus, they must have understood
that it was possible…
Therefore,
it is the crime of threatening…
The qualification of the crime
as endangerment is not possible…
Maybe they did not know,
but they should have known!
Thank you.
- I hereby commence the trial…
- I want to question the defendant.
I got if from the same guy.
It was always okay…
- My first testimony is not valid!
- How was I supposed to know?
The original testimonies
correspond with the evidence…
Will the defense
call another witness?
We went there after our shift.
I drank it there…
She was just screaming in pain…
- I called the others, and felt sick.
- So we went to the hospital…
So you drink more than once a day.
In different places.
Well, yeah.
I really felt sick from the rum from
that stand. And look how I turned out.
Sure, of course.
But your brother is all right,
even though you both drank the rum
from my client's stand.
What is your relationship to alcohol?
Well…
I'd say we're really good friends.
How do you know that Mrs. Gajdůšková
drank rum that came from my client?
Well, she always bought it there.
The last time I saw her,
she invited me to drink some.
But you didn't see her drink it.
No, I didn't.
No.
Did she drink every day?
Yeah, she did.
It was plum brandy from Moravia…
She was waiting for me
at the pub when I came from work.
Sometimes rum from Josef's pub,
and sometimes we went…
Doctor…
There are almost 130 injured persons
in the indictment.
Do you want to call them all?
It tasted the same as ever.
How were we supposed to know?
You have to have a drink
after your shift.
She poured a shot for 12 crowns…
The witnesses do not have
reliable reputations.
The testimony against our clients
are not convincing.
The court calls for the trial
to be dismissed until tomorrow,
ten o'clock…
Witness for the defense,
Iveta Ožanová.
- Your identity card, please.
- Right.
Please.
Doctor…
Mrs. Ožanová, what was your
relationship like with your parents?
What?
I would say that it was very good.
We liked each other.
Where did your father buy alcohol?
In the stand of Mr. Frýda here.
Really?
How can you be so sure?
Marie Podleská,
who worked there,
told me on the phone that my father…
…stopped there
on the evening before he died.
Can you tell us
how much your father…
…drank each day?
What difference does it make?
Well, was your father an alcoholic?
No.
I would definitely say he wasn't.
He liked to drink,
sometimes even daily…
But that doesn't mean
he was an alcoholic.
Well, that depends on who you ask.
Did he usually have more
than one bottle of alcohol at home?
Yes, sometimes he did.
So, your father drank daily.
He had various bottles
with various types of alcohol at home.
You did not see my client
selling the bottle…
…from which he drank
before he died,
but you are miraculously sure…
…that your parents were poisoned
by the alcohol from my client's stand.
Well…
- Doesn't it seem to you that…
- No, it certainly does not!
You are trying to paint my parents
as idiots and alcoholics.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
You don't have more
than one bottle of alcohol at home?
You don't enjoy a drink
after a long day?
Who among you can say you do not have
more than one bottle at home?
Well then you must be drinking
something finer,
but my father worked all his life,
and had a pension of 9 thousand,
mister.
He couldn't afford anything
but the rum from that stand.
Mr. Frýda,
my mother was supposed to turn 60,
but she died in September.
Instead of a bouquet of flowers,
I'm bringing her a candle
for her grave.
If you can sleep
with a clear conscience,
if you can manage
to live with that…
Consider yourselves lucky
that you have your parents,
cause I don't have even one.
Counselor?
No, thank you.
Does anybody have anything else?
End of examination
of witness Iveta Ožanová.
The court declares
that the trial is adjourned…
Iveta Ožanová managed to change
the court's opinion…
…on the injured parties
with her testimony.
Tomáš Sikora and Rudolf Fulín
were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jiří Malota received a sentence
of 15 years in prison.
He's scheduled to be released in 2022.
But such behavior is also criminal…
The state prosecutors Pavel Nebeský
and Marek Straka…
It's covered by negligence.
…became leaders in their profession.
So would you say that it was
the biggest case of your career?
My career?
It was undoubtedly
the biggest case of my life.
Captain Tomáš Zakopal
left the Police on his own request
Here she is!
Here's that girl of mine!
Captain Marek Hálek
underwent a heart operation,
and now holds the position of analyst.
His direct superior
is Captain Hána.
The production of alcohol
is strictly controlled;
the movement of alcohol is tracked
in a pan-European database.
Tax stamps now have a QR code
and hologram as protective elements.
The methanol affair
claimed at least 50 lives.
More than 130 more
have permanent disabilities.
More than 60 people
were tried by the end of 2017,
three quarters of which
are serving sentences.
Dammit!