A quartet of gangsters - Azad, Renzi, Ralf and Helene - break into a villa near Athens and loot 36 rare emeralds. The policeman Zacharia takes up the pursuit of the gangsters. Azad manages to shake Zacharia off, and to keep the loot for himself alone, he kills Ralf and accuses Renzi of murder. But Zacharia is now after the stones himself, he wants the emeralds for himself. In the port silos it comes to a spectacular showdown between Azad and Zacharia. Who will have the loot in the end?