Chapter 238: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net (2)

Li Li remembered that he had never lost his temper like this since he joined the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

But this time, what these young people did was really outrageous.

"Actually, it's not us who made the decision on our own. It was the section chief who agreed to let us do this." No. 112.

"Then call your section chief." Li Li said unhappily.

No. 112 called the section chief... A quarter of an hour later, the section chief hurried over.

"Excuse me, why did you make the decision on your own to allow passengers' children to pass through the VIP channel without checking them?" Li Li asked.

"I'm truly sorry. We assume that the VIP channel is used by high-ranking individuals who have purchased first-class tickets. We don't think they'd do anything wrong. If we were to inspect the children they were carrying, we'd probably receive a complaint."

After hearing the section chief's answer, Li Li was at a loss whether to laugh or cry!

However, time was of the essence and he had no time to chat with him. He had to get down to business. Li Li pointed to the picture of a middle-aged man in his fifties with a seven-year-old boy in the surveillance video yesterday and asked:

"Don't you see the problem with this man?"

Li Li looked at the household registration information of this man in his fifties:

"Excuse me, my parents are farmers, and my grandson attends a school for migrant workers' children. Is this grandfather a first-class passenger?"

Sure enough, the information showed that this middle-aged man surnamed Shi had only bought an economy class ticket, but somehow managed to pass through the VIP channel...

"Who among you is responsible for this?" Li Li asked.

"It's me." No. 112 said timidly.

"However, this guest is a relative of the section chief, so we let him pass through this passage..." No. 112.

"Is that the case?" Li Li turned to the section chief and asked.

"Yes. But..." The section chief hesitated.

"You two can go now. I want to talk to your section chief." Li Li.

After the two young staff members left, the office became extremely quiet. The section chief stood before Li Li like a student who had made a mistake.

"Well, what's going on?" Li Li asked.

"It's like this..." The section chief had no choice but to tell the truth.

It turned out that some time ago, an elderly man surnamed Shi approached the section chief and offered him 10,000 yuan, asking him to do him a favor and let him go through security through the VIP channel. He boasted to his grandson that his family was wealthy and that they always went through security through the VIP channel. The section chief was already familiar with this man surnamed Shi. He often bought things abroad and resold them in China, making a small profit on the difference, which was not easy. Moreover, this man surnamed Shi was very generous, and every time he returned from abroad, he would bring gifts to the section chief. As time went by, the two became close friends. Whenever Shi asked for help, the section chief would do his best to help.

Then, when Mr. Shi arrived, he was the first to pass through security check smoothly.

Li Li checked the plane ticket of this person surnamed Shi. He should have arrived in Russia by now. If he had brought a child with him, he would have slipped through the airport security net...

Although this section chief was quickly dismissed, a child may have been abducted abroad by human traffickers because of his dereliction of duty! The sin he committed is enormous and difficult to correct!

After figuring out the situation, Li Li continued to search for the old man surnamed Shi in the terminal hall...