A million dollars worth of pure cocaine is missing after an enormous narcotics bust and detectives Starsky and Hutch are accused of "going into business" by the powerful leader of a drug ring and by certain members of the police department in "Snow Storm." Facing a charge of drug dealing, Marty Crandall directs police to a huge cache of cocaine in return for "special consideration." Starsky, Hutch and three veteran cops named Corman, Burke and Kalowitz make the bust and turn in three million dollars worth of confiscated "coke." When word comes down from king-pin Julius Stryker that police took four million bucks worth of "snow" from his supply, Starsky and Hutch find themselves being hassled by officers Corman, Burke and Kalowitz, along with Stryker himself. Starsky and Hutch return to Crandall in hopes of finding the missing narcotic and find him murdered. The duo launch their own investigation of the crimes to clear their names.