mesbooks Chapter 77 Comprehensive Investigation
Chapter 77 Comprehensive Investigation
No one speaks.
Regardless of rank, every police officer present had a terribly gloomy face.
It's more than just too big!
A robbery in broad daylight, resulting in the deaths of twelve people, is arguably the deadliest armored truck robbery since the reform and opening up, and even since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Its nature is extremely heinous.
"Personally, I feel that these people are probably repeat offenders!" Zhao Xilai from the Criminal Investigation Detachment said with a frown. "They probably wouldn't dare to commit such a big case the first or second time! They must have done it several times without getting caught, and their audacity has grown to this extent."
Also, how did they know the city steel mill was paying wages today? Are there steel mill employees within the gang?
"Hmm!" Liu Zhengyi nodded. "That makes sense, but the most important thing now is to find the person based on the car."
"I see!"
Just then, a cell phone rang.
It was the cell phone of Director Zhao of the Chengbei Branch, who had only been in office for a few months.
He took a few steps to the side, answered the phone, and said, "Feed? What? I understand!"
"Director Liu, we've found the white Jinbei van with license plate number Cang B45211!" After hanging up the phone, Director Zhao immediately began reporting to his superiors.
"What?" Liu Zhengyi's expression changed slightly. "Where is he? Have you found him?"
"The person is gone, and the car was found in a cornfield near Peach Blossom Village."
"Let's go check it out!"
At Director Liu's order, the leaders present, as well as the Major Crimes Squad, all arrived at Peach Blossom Village.
A van plunged into the cornfield, and next to the van, there were more than a dozen bundles of hundred-yuan bills scattered around.
"Aren't these robbers too sloppy? They dropped tens of thousands of dollars on the ground and didn't even see it?" Liu Shutong, who was standing next to Wu Song and was considered Wu Song's half-disciple, muttered to himself when he saw the money.
"It doesn't look like it fell to the ground accidentally." Wu Song shook his head. "If it fell to the ground, the area is too large and too scattered. It looks more like it was deliberately thrown."
“I feel like I’ve seen this case somewhere before,” Zhao Xilai said immediately. “I’ve seen it before. It said that in several southern provinces there was a group of vicious criminals who liked to throw some of the stolen goods on the ground after they committed a crime, supposedly to give some to the local earth god.”
"Yes, there is such a group. I've heard about them. They've robbed jewelry stores and banks at least five times. But they used to operate in provinces along the Yangtze River. This time, they've actually come to Canglan!"
"The gang in the south? I know which group you're talking about." Liu Zhengyi nodded. "The map!"
With a "whoosh" sound.
The map was then laid directly on the hood of the police car.
Liu Zhengyi drew out the locations of the armored truck robbery ring and also drew the location of Peach Blossom Village.
Connect the two.
Liu Zhengyi slammed the pen onto the hood, turned his head to look in the direction of Gotham City, and spoke in a deep yet powerful voice.
"We wouldn't take this road to leave the city, nor would we come here!"
This group clearly knew we would block the roads out of the city; they are still inside Gotham City!
Strictly seal off all roads leading out of the city, and at the same time conduct a thorough search of all suspicious persons within the city, leaving no household unchecked!
"Mission accomplished!"
……
Next, the entire Third Squadron, except for Lao Ma and Zhang Qiang who stayed behind, conducted an investigation inside the steel plant to see which families had relatives with criminal records who had been released.
If there are similar individuals, investigate them one by one.
Never miss a single one.
This time, the security department doesn't need to provide a list. Unlike last year's scarecrow murder case, there's not enough time.
How much police force would be needed to block all roads leading out of the city?
Moreover, how much impact will this have on the lives and production activities of the city's residents?
This is bound to be an unsustainable action.
Time is of the essence; we can only investigate one case at a time as we become aware of it.
Fortunately, people working in these state-owned enterprises often work together for many years and are very familiar with each other's family situations.
Basically, if you ask the workers in a workshop who have been to jail or detention, you can get a pretty good idea of who's been there.
From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Wu Song and Liu Shutong checked countless houses.
Later on, many people had already gone to sleep.
As agreed, Wu Song finished checking the last household in Workshop 2 at 11:10 and then prepared to return to the branch office with Liu Shutong.
"Brother Song, do you think we can catch these guys?"
Liu Shutong muttered wearily, "I've heard about this group before. They're ruthless, cunning, and have extremely strong counter-surveillance capabilities."
More importantly, they are unlike any criminals we have encountered before.
The criminals we encountered before were mostly connected to the deceased, or they were waiting for us to arrest them in Gotham City.
I'm afraid that once our blockade is eased even slightly, this group will flee to the provinces.
Otherwise, police in so many provinces wouldn't have been unable to catch them for so long!
"You've heard about this before?" Wu Song keenly realized the key information. "They talked about it at school?"
"No, I heard my dad mention it," Liu Shutong said. "He works at the municipal bureau, and he heard about it from a criminal police officer from another province during a training session."
"Works at the Municipal Bureau, surnamed Liu, could it be Director Liu Zhengyi?" A figure popped into Wu Song's mind, and he asked in a joking tone.
"No!" Liu Shutong quickly shook her head, "He's just my uncle."
"Your uncle?"
"Okay." Liu Shutong nodded, then said with a worried look, "Brother Song, I consider you a good friend, so please don't tell anyone. I don't want people to think I'm relying on relatives."
"..." Wu Song glanced at Liu Shutong speechlessly. "Comrade Liu Shutong, with this kind of relationship, are you crazy to come work in the Major Crimes Unit? Just do some clerical work or go to other departments, which one wouldn't be easier than this Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigation Brigade? The salary wouldn't be much less than yours."
"I know, but I just want to solve cases." Liu Shutong grinned, revealing two still slightly childish canine teeth. "Brother Song, if I follow you as my master and earn more merits, I can get promoted sooner and not be so busy while still being able to solve cases."
"Then you'll be waiting a while." Wu Song shook his head, his thoughts drifting back to the case. "Our brother units in other provinces can't catch them, but our Gaotan City is a den of thieves, so we might not be unable to catch them!"
The reason we couldn't catch them before was mainly because we couldn't identify who the robbers were.
It's possible that the other person could walk right past the police officer without the officer noticing.
But I am different.
Those people all have blood on their hands; once they appear in front of him, they will never escape his notice!