A gang of inveterate thugs operates in Moscow. A food warehouse was robbed, a jewelry store was robbed. A watchman, a police guard were killed, Ugro officers were injured. The population is frightened: the war is over, and the situation is as if at the front. Detectives of MUR Ivan Startsev and Alexander Vasilkov become aware that raiders sometimes gather in one of the capital's restaurants. Operatives decide to introduce their man into the restaurant under the guise of a waiter. The cheeky plan seems flawless. However, at the last moment, the bandits, suspecting something was wrong, arrange a cruel check for the newcomer...