Chapter 117
"Okay, I'll be there right away." After answering the phone, Lin Jiafan signaled the person on the opposite side of the car to follow him with his eyes.
The two of them got on the elevator one after the other. Luo Jingyao watched him press a button for an unfamiliar floor.
Ding~
With a crisp sound, the elevator arrived at that floor and the doors slowly slid open to both sides.
As soon as she went out, Luo Jingyao noticed the figure standing in the corridor.
At the same time, the other party had obviously seen them and came up to greet them enthusiastically: "Captain Lin, I saw everything from upstairs just now. Congratulations on not coming back empty-handed this time!"
"Thank you." Lin Jiafan curled the corners of his lips, then slightly turned sideways to reveal Luo Jingyao who was following behind him.
"Captain Liu is the head of the Narcotics Squad in our bureau."
"This is Coach Luo, the professional consultant our team hired."
Luo Jingyao was the first to extend her hand. Liu Guangzheng didn't take it, but looked at her with a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "Coach Luo, I've heard a lot about you!"
"Did you sign the contract with our bureau? Don't be partial. If you have time, come and help us with our work!"
Faced with such an invitation, Luo Jingyao didn't know how to respond and could only maintain an awkward smile on her face.
Fortunately, Lin Jiafan interrupted the other party's small talk in time: "Captain Liu, didn't you just tell me that there is some progress on the matter I asked about this afternoon?"
"Ah, right, right! Come, let's go into the office and talk!" Liu Guangzheng led the two into the Narcotics Squadron's office and pointed casually at the sofa in the corner. "Just sit down for a while. I'll go find some information."
Taking advantage of this time, Luo Jingyao took the time to look at the office environment of the anti-drug brigade.
The basic layout is similar to that of the Special Case Investigation Team's office, except that the placement of tables, chairs and other items is slightly different.
The number of people in the Narcotics Squad should be much larger than that of the Special Case Investigation Team. With one table next to another, it looks a bit messy and depressing.
Perhaps it was because of the presence of a female police officer named Pan Chang in the Special Case Investigation Team, but that place looked much cleaner than the Narcotics Squad. At least there were a few pots of green plants on the windowsill, and the trash cans were not full of cigarette butts.
At this moment, Liu Guangzheng came back with a blue file box in his hand, still greeting them enthusiastically: "Come and sit down, both of you! Why are you standing there like idiots?"
After saying that, he pulled a chair from the side and sat down opposite the sofa.
"When you asked me this afternoon, I was just outside with my men keeping watch, but as soon as you mentioned it, I remembered a case." Liu Guangzheng said as he took out the information from the file box and placed it on the coffee table.
"In the past two years, a batch of heroin of unknown origin has suddenly appeared in underground venues in this city. We've been investigating this case for a long time, but there hasn't been any substantial progress."
"Just last month, our team received a tip from an informant about shops illegally selling drugs on the bar street in the Binhai New Area. After a night-long investigation, we actually found quite a bit of drugs and brought several people back. Later, analysis of the seized 'drugs' revealed a consistent composition with the heroin circulating in this city over the past two years."
"After interrogating the suspects, we got an important clue: this gang used express delivery to complete transactions."
"Same-city express delivery."
Hearing this, Luo Jingyao subconsciously glanced at the man next to her. The case seemed to have formed a perfect closed loop at this point.
Lin Jiafan paused for a moment and said, "Since we've discovered how this gang conducts transactions, why haven't we caught them?"
"The inspection operation on the bar street caused too much trouble. This group of people had very sharp ears and did not show up for a long time. One of the suspects brought back from the operation was willing to be bait, but in the end no fish were caught." Liu Guangzheng smacked his lips with some regret.
"Then we've been checking all the city's express deliveries, but we knew those goods wouldn't be shipped through the proper procedures, so we haven't heard anything yet. But as luck would have it, there's always a way out. Do you know how excited I was when I saw the ingredient report you sent me this afternoon? Who could have imagined it would coincide with your group's murder case?"
"Captain Lin, I have shared all the materials of this case with you without reservation. This time I am waiting for you to take me flying!" Liu Guangzheng's ears turned slightly red with excitement.
Lin Jiafan slowly gathered the materials on the coffee table and spoke with a half-smile, "Captain Liu, don't tell me your Narcotics Squad wants to lie low?"
"How could that be? We will definitely fully cooperate with Captain Lin's work! Isn't your team short of people? Although I don't have a lot of staff, as long as you ask, I will have enough people!" Liu Guangzheng almost patted his chest.
"Captain Liu's words are enough." Lin Jiafan stood up and waved his hand holding a stack of documents: "I'll go back first. The people I just brought back are still waiting for me to deal with them."
"Take care!"
Amidst Liu Guangzheng's servile smile, Lin Jiafan and Luo Jingyao boarded the elevator, preparing to head down to the sixth floor.
Unexpectedly, the elevator stopped just after going down two floors. When the door opened, Guo Zhen, with a happy face, was standing outside.
Guo Zhen was obviously surprised to see the two of them, but he quickly walked in and held up the report in his hand. "As soon as Li Rui was sent back, I took the wallpaper knife he used to hold Coach Luo hostage to the laboratory. The DNA extracted from the tip of the knife was female, so it should belong to Coach Luo."
"The blood extracted from the cracks in the plastic blade is male, matching that of the deceased, Yu Wenxin! He can't escape this time!"
After taking the report and glancing at it, Lin Jiafan nodded. "That's right, I also got some interesting news from the Narcotics Squad."
As the two were talking, the elevator stopped again.
This time, before Luo Jingyao could clearly see the figure standing outside, Pang Guang's unique and iconic voice came in: "Oh, Captain Lin, what a coincidence! I was just about to call you!"
"Have you found anything?" Lin Jiafan lowered his eyes and looked through the information provided by the anti-drug team, and asked without even raising his eyelids.
"Didn't you ask me to re-investigate the backgrounds of Yu Wenxin and Hou Guoan? This time, I gambled the entire dignity of all the outstanding graduates of Tsinghua University, and finally I dug out some things hidden in the dark!" The young man also squeezed into the elevator, raising his chin triumphantly.
He should have been expecting someone to ask him further questions, but the other two people knew his personality too well and all of them looked calm and composed.
Lin Jiafan's eyes never left the information in his hand, while Guo Zhen kept his hands folded across his chest with a playful look on his face.
After waiting for a few seconds, Pang Guang's face turned red.
Finally, Luo Jingyao couldn't bear it any longer and kindly asked, "Officer Pang, so what did you find out?"
After letting out a long breath, the young man looked at her gratefully. "It's Yu Wenxin. When I first checked, his background seemed very simple. It seemed like he hadn't had a stable job since graduating from university."
"But then I thought about it and felt something was not right. If he really was an idle scum of society, then why would Feng Shurong give up Hou Guoan and choose him instead?"
"So I reviewed his social connections and discovered that his mother owned a small import and export trading company. However, that company had been deregistered two years ago. Unexpectedly, I was able to connect it to a container leasing company. Someone had actually been leasing containers in the name of that import and export trading company!"
"Hey! Are you surprised? Are you surprised?!"
"What's the name of the container leasing company?" Lin Jiafan finally raised his head.
"Shipping Container Co., Ltd., right at Lingdu Wharf!" Pang Guang replied, then shook his head and sighed, "I'm so fucking awesome!"
"Oh right, there's also Hou Guoan!"
"Hou Guoan and Yu Wenxin may seem to have nothing in common on the surface, but if you trace their history back further, you'll find that their fathers are from the same hometown! So it's very likely that they knew each other a long time ago."
Lin Jiafan fell silent. Luo Jingyao blinked and realized that the elevator had reached the sixth floor without her knowing. Fortunately, no one called the elevator at that time, otherwise they might not be there now.
"So Yu Wenxin first used an import and export trading company to open up a channel to ship drugs in. It seems they've always used water transportation. Once the goods arrive, they're temporarily stored in containers at the dock, and then shipped in batches to Hou Guoan's store."
Combining all the clues and evidence, Lin Jiafan analyzed.
Luo Jingyao nodded in agreement. "The spicy stir-fry restaurant needs to buy a large amount of ingredients every day, so having trucks frequenting it won't attract attention. So Yu Wenxin is the superior of this drug trafficking gang, Hou Guoan's spicy stir-fry restaurant is the transit point, and Li Rui is responsible for distributing the goods through intra-city express delivery?"
Wow, these three people have a clear division of labor, and according to Liu Guangzheng from the Anti-Drug Brigade, they are quite cunning.
"It is said that triangles are stable, so why did they fall out? The spoils are not divided evenly?" Pang Guang muttered in confusion.
"Why did they fall out? We've brought the parties here. Wouldn't it be easier to find out if we ask them?" Lin Jiafan looked at Guo Zhen. "Brother Guo, since Lingdu Wharf might be where Yu Wenxin and his gang are hiding their drugs, why don't you take the anti-drug team over there now and see if they can find anything?"
After the other party agreed, he looked at Pang Guang again: "Come with me to meet this Li Rui."
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