Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys

Officers inspect takeaways in Oldham to make sure the food is safe to eat, make sure everyone gets home safely in Newcastle and crack a gold bangle scam in Birmingham.

Officers catch a learner driver trying to cheat his way through his driving test, and they're on the trail of a wealthy businessman selling unlicensed medicines.

Officers catch up with a second-hand car dealer who sold a potential death trap to an unsuspecting customer, and they crack down on a driveway company targeting pensioners.

Officers catch a fly-tipper red handed as he illegally dumps tonnes of stinking waste in the grounds of an Oldham primary school for children with severe learning needs.

Officers uncover a disturbing trade in counterfeit airbags that won't work in the event of a crash, and they crack down on rogue landlords in a series of dawn raids.

Officers take action against a cowboy builder using customers' money for overseas holidays. He took £220,000 from eight families while leaving them unhappy with his workmanship.

Officers are on the trail of a couple of fly-tippers caught on camera loading their truck with 150 bags of waste before dumping it deep in the Rhondda Valley.

Officers catch up with a travel company boss who's taking holidaymakers' money, booking their flights and then cancelling them, leaving them high and dry.

Officers catch up with a Lamborghini-driving fraudster who has so many aliases that he loses track of who he is supposed to be.

Officers search the home of a loan shark and find a safe containing thousands of pounds. They also force a rogue builder to pay compensation to his elderly victims.