Three police officers are cuddled in cold blood during a hijack by armed men wearing balaclavas from the organised crime syndicate. AC-12 are alerted that the hijack would've required a police insider.
Steve Arnott is a young officer who's fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it starts to investigate Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates, the regional force's Officer of the Year.
Line of Duty - Series 5, Episode 1 Synopsis and Schedule