Case closed. Inspector Zangl leaned back and enjoyed his water with his colleagues drinking a beer. The last case was a really hard nut to crack - it took four months to finally find all seven dwarfs guilty. Inspector Zangl also managed to prove that Snow White was only drawn into this scene and in fact had zero idea what was happening.
Four months ago, probably the largest hemp plantation of all time was found in the fairy tale forest. In a nearby forest hut, the policemen were able to find Snow White and arrested her. At the interrogations, she admitted to know about the plantations, after all, she and her friends, the dwarfs, had been big rope makers. In fact, tools and ropes were found in the hut. It was also confirmed by witnesses that Snow White was often on the market to sell ropes. Of course, nobody knew anything about the dwarfs. Some even said that dwarfs do not exist.
Snow White was completely shocked as she experienced what these plantations were used for additionally. She asserted her innocence, but the cops did not believe her. For a conviction, however, they had too little evidence and Snow White alone could never have grown these large plantations alone. After the agents did not know what to do and the dwarfs were nowhere to be found, Inspector Zangl was summoned to the case.
Although inspector Zangl was well known in Styria for his performances and successes so far, he was still unknown in the fairytale forest - fortunately, therefore he was able to do a few undercover investigations and these generally lead to rapid success. But unfortunately - so it turned out - not in this case. Zangl pretended to be an alcoholic and drug addict to attract no attention. Usually you get the most information in pubs. But the villagers here were extremely secretive. Only after two days, after Inspector Zangl already complained of massive withdrawal symptoms - of course only played - finally a resident gave in and told the inspector of a single dwarf.
The dwarf hid in an old adit (tunnel) - supposedly a former workplace - and sold his drugs from there. He had set up enough reserves on time. In the following weeks inspector Zangl was at his place regularly to get "supplies". He involved the dwarf again and again in smaller conversations and finally found out that there were another seven hiding places, each guarded by a dwarf or their assistants.
Now Inspector Zangl had to be very careful, so that the dwarfs would suspect zero. The other hiding places were each visited at longer intervals by undercover agents, who sometimes pretend to be customers, sometimes walkers or mushroom seekers, but without asking any questions, because otherwise any of the dwarfs would have noticed the trap and they would all be vanished in zero time. With the collected information, a plan for access could be slowly planned. The inspector lacked only one more thing: the whereabouts of the remaining dwarfs.
But it took another five weeks until finally this information was found. It was fortunate that two drunken villagers told jokes about how the dwarfs were fooling the police at a village event. The inspector took the chance and immediately threw in some jokes about the police. So it was a very illustrious round and after seven hours it was finally done. A villager accidentally revealed the hiding place of the last dwarfs. Thanks to time nobody even noticed. The hiding place was now known, but it was not so easy to find this hiding place.
A lot of research and a few weeks later the hiding place was finally identified and the "battle plan" ready. At three o'clock in the morning on "Day X", all hiding places were accessed simultaneously. The inspector personally took his "favorite dealer". But on this visit, instead of money and a nice conversation, there were only more handcuffs. Just a single dwarf, who was not at the hiding place, could be caught. But this dwarf should not be the reason to diminish the police’s deserved success. With the help of a large contingent of policemen with dogs, finally - after seven hours - he could be located in a forest seven kilometers away.
Finally, all of them where caught and the case was almost closed. Inspector Zangl just had to prove that Snow White was innocent. But that was not a big problem after these long weeks of being a drug addict and alcoholic. He knew how to ask the dwarfs such skillful and detailed questions that in the end they had to admit that Snow White was innocent and was only exploited by them.
The inspector has also completed this case and started his well-deserved holiday for the next few weeks - without alcohol, of course.