A night-time burglary of a priceless statuette leaves one man dead, and Semir and Ben wind up investigating the theft. The MO is that of a well known cat burglar, Alexander Christo, a.k.a. the Panther, who turns out to be the father of Cobra 11s chief, Kim Krüger. Christo becomes a suspect, along with Torsten Brand; and Kim, who has never got on with her father, is convinced that he is guilty. After discovering that there is a larger, second statue, the Cobra 11 team stake out the exhibit where it is shown. Their hunch is right: three masked intruders turn up, one of whom is Christo, who wants to prove his innocence to his daughter. Kim wounds him as he escapes, after which Christo decides to flee the country. Meanwhile, an old flame of Christo shows up at his home.