Whilst waiting on instructions, Sergeant June Ackland and PC Jim Carver were approached by a young boy who found a hold-all full of riot weapons such as catapults, ball bearings and petrol bombs.
In another panda car on the estate, PCs Sam Harker and Cass Rickman were approached by the boy's grandmother who was concerned he had been abducted.
As Polly returned, police helicopter India 99 called in a group of armed men spotted loitering around an Asian owned warehouse.
Meadows, along with DCs Mickey Webb & Danny Glaze and PC Cass Rickman headed to the pub, leaving DC Paul Riley and PCs Sam Harker, Di Worrell and Ben Hayward in CID.
Des Taviner remained determined to get into the office and retrieve the stolen £50 note from Conway's collection, but as he tried to break in, a petrol bomb landed in the rear yard.