Police officer Gunn Törngren traces smuggled cigarettes to petty crook Jakov Jakovič; seeing a fortune, Jakov urges his friend Goran to join him; Goran refuses to betray their gang leader, Drago, as war looms.
Jakov and Goran's smuggling business booms, angering Stockholm's crime boss, Valter Sokol; to avoid war, Jakov aids Gunn in arresting Valter, but she fails; with Goran's life at risk, Jakov is led to execution, only a last-minute deal can save him.