LiberalpoliticianGerbenKooistrabecomesdeputyMayorofasmallvillage.Heisassignedtostaylowprofilewhilesolvinga‘privateproblem’.Soonhediscoversthattheseeminglyboringborder-villageisahubfordrugsmugglers,ledbyhardenedcriminalToontjevanWanrooy.