Chapter 185 Black Car Dealer
Qiao Jiali said that after he arrived at the traffic police detachment, he asked them to check the information of the cloned license plate vehicle Hong A34U73.
Soon they found a record in which someone reported that he was riding a bicycle on the road and was hit by a van. The driver gave money to settle the matter privately, but after going to the hospital for a check-up, he found that the money he got from the private settlement was not enough to pay the hospital bills, so he called the police. When the local police station saw that it was a traffic accident dispute, they transferred the matter to the traffic police team.
The traffic police team found the owner of Hong A34U73 according to the license plate number provided by the informant. The owner said that he had never been to that section of road at the time of the incident, and his car was not a van.
After confirming the owner's vehicle information, the traffic police found that it was indeed not the white van mentioned by the informant. They thought that the informant had remembered it wrong, or even that it was a scam, so the matter was left unresolved.
"Where is the road where the accident happened?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
"On Baohong Road in Kaiping District, near Changhe Road."
"Kaiping District?" Wu Yongcheng and others immediately walked to the large map on the table. Wu Yongcheng searched and tapped the specific location on the map.
Three or four kilometers away from this location, there is a circle circled with a black pen. It is one of the highly suspicious places that Wu Yongcheng mentioned to Zhou Yi and Chen Yan before.
Hongcheng is not a large city among prefecture-level cities, originally having two districts and four counties.
Nanming District and Qingshan District are the urban areas, the three counties are Liyang County, Xinhe County and Yongding County, and the fourth county is called Kaiping County.
In the late 1980s, a highway was built through Hongcheng with the aim of opening up north-south traffic in the province, improving transportation capacity and promoting the economy.
This highway passes through Kaiping County, and the Nansha River, which originally flowed through Hongcheng, also passes through Kaiping County, so it forms a one-river-one-road situation.
After careful research, the leaders of Hongcheng City decided to take advantage of this river and road to vigorously develop Hongcheng's industrial production, focusing on Kaiping County, and create a new industrial zone that will rank among the best in the province in the future.
The idea was quite good and it brought encouragement and hope to the people of Hongcheng.
Kaiping County was therefore upgraded to Kaiping District. A large amount of farmland was expropriated and villages were relocated, which indeed made a group of people rich.
The problem was that Hongcheng's mainstay industry had always been heavy steel, and Yongding County to the north had numerous mining areas. Other industries had little foundation, and small cities like Hongcheng were not very good at attracting investment.
So the beginning was bold and decisive, but it became weak later on.
The city leaders gritted their teeth and approved the budget for factory construction, which barely attracted some manufacturers, but the overall effect was very limited.
The enthusiasm of the local government and the people gradually cooled, and the Kaiping District, which was originally full of hope, became even worse than the former Kaiping County, leaving behind many half-built factories that were abandoned.
Without industrial development, there were naturally no residential areas, and many villages were relocated.
Therefore, Kaiping District can be said to be sparsely populated, and the densely populated areas are all close to Nanming District.
Wu Yongcheng pointed to the abandoned factory area in Kaiping District and said, "Xiao Chen, immediately have the nearby police concentrate their search on the periphery of this area. If they find that van, take action immediately."
"Okay, Master."
Wu Yongcheng asked Qiao Jiali, "And who did you and Lao Li's people arrest?"
The Old Li he mentioned refers to Li Chengkai, the captain of the traffic police detachment.
"Catch the black market bike dealers. The guys over at Li's Detachment are awesome! First, they found a guy who was recently busted for making fake license plates and conducted a surprise interrogation. They told him his fake license plates were now suspected of being a major criminal offense, and if he didn't atone for his crimes, he might face a heavy sentence later. That scared the guy so much that he quickly turned himself in to reveal his dealer. They said they'd arrest him and send him to us, and I couldn't wait any longer, so I just went with them."
"After asking, I came straight back. The man was a black market bike dealer, buying stolen cars and reselling them with fake license plates. The traffic police said these black market bike dealers have a system. Since stolen cars in the area aren't usually sold locally, they introduce each other to illegal bike sources."
"The black market dealer said the buyer of this van with fake license plates is a fat man in his early forties with an accent from Yunnan and Guizhou."
"Fatty? The one in the video? Hurry up and take the picture the technical department gave us to the traffic police detachment and have that black market dealer identify him."
Qiao Jiali nodded: "Okay, I'll go right away."
He turned around and took a few steps before coming back. "Oh, that black market dealer said one more thing, but I don't understand what it means."
"What's up?"
"He said the fat guy who bought the fake license plate car also asked him where he could get fireworks, not through legitimate channels, and in large quantities." Qiao Jiali said and turned to leave. "You guys figure it out. I'll go to the traffic police detachment first."
Wu Yongcheng, Zhou Yi, and Jiang Biao looked at each other in confusion at this information. Jiang Biao said, "Are you planning to set off fireworks to celebrate after you get the ransom?"
Wu Yongcheng frowned and shook his head.
Zhou Yi seemed to be thinking about something, but he had no idea what to do for a moment.
Soon, Qiao Jiali came back and said that the black car dealer confirmed that the person in the video screenshot was the fat man who bought the car.
At the same time, Zhou Yi remembered that Nana had claimed in the chess and card room that she was from Haicheng and had come to live with relatives. Zhou Yi suggested contacting the Haicheng police and sending them Nana's photo to request assistance in the investigation.
Zhou Yi said, "She definitely can't be from Haicheng, but when people lie, they instinctively use familiar things to make the lie seem more real, which gives the liar a sense of psychological security."
Wu Yongcheng immediately found the phone number of the Haicheng City Bureau and called them personally to request assistance in the investigation.
After all, it is a big coastal city with a developed economy. They said they are building a computer database on criminal information. Although it is still in its early stages, there are already some records. They can help take a look.
Wu Yongcheng didn't hesitate and faxed the photos of the other two people over.
Just over half an hour after the fax was sent, there was news from Haicheng.
The two men in the video screenshots were not found, but a highly matching profile of the woman in the photo was found.
Then the fax arrived, and Jiang Biao took one look at the photo on file and said, "Yes, that's the woman."
According to the information, this woman is not called Nana, but Hu Ying. She was born in 1976 and is 21 years old this year. Her registered address is a remote mountainous area in the southwest.
A year and a half ago, she was arrested during a large-scale anti-prostitution operation by Haicheng police and was detained for ten days for prostitution.
Three months later, Haicheng police received a call from a man who said he was beaten by a woman. When the police arrived, they found a middle-aged man with a bleeding head arguing with a young woman in revealing clothes.
The man claimed that the woman had hit him on the head with a bottle for no apparent reason, but the police knew this was a lie. They immediately took the two women back for separate questioning and quickly determined the nature of the incident: the young woman was a bar hostess who had negotiated a price with the man and then engaged in prostitution.
But the man was not satisfied with the woman's service and only gave half of the money, so the two had an argument. The man slapped the woman, and the woman picked up a bottle and smashed the man's head.
The man immediately called the police, hoping that the police could seek justice for him.
The result is obvious. The police fairly sentenced both of them to administrative detention.
This young woman is Hu Ying, who was sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention.
But after that, there was no more information about Hu Ying.
After reading the information, Wu Yongcheng asked Zhou Yi what he thought.
Zhou Yi said, "The Ducheng case occurred three years ago, and the Suiyuan case about ten months ago. Hu Ying was arrested twice for prostitution in Haicheng between these two incidents. This means that Hu Ying joined this criminal gang for some reason only after being detained twice by Haicheng police in January of last year."
"So Hu Ying's criminal experience is actually limited. In the subsequent interrogation, we can focus on making breakthroughs from Hu Ying."
"That's right, but the prerequisite is to catch these people as soon as possible." Wu Yongcheng looked at the clock on the wall, then at the night outside the window. "It's already past three o'clock, and it will be dawn in two hours at most. It's not going to be easy."
Zhou Yi was well aware of Wu Yongcheng's concerns. Although it was extremely difficult to track down the criminal gang at night, darkness was also a cover for the police's search.
Once daybreak, even if the criminals are in plain clothes, they will be highly alert and can easily be exposed or arouse suspicion, thus endangering the safety of the hostages.
So Wu Yongcheng really hopes that the matter can be completely resolved before dawn.
Suddenly, the radio on the table crackled, and then a voice rang out: "Command Center, Command Center, this is Miao Cheng from the Qishan Road Police Station. We found a white van behind an abandoned factory building near Jinqi Road in Kaiping District. The license plate number is Acer A34U73. Please give us your instructions, please give us your instructions."
A sentence on the radio cheered up everyone in the conference room.
Wu Yongcheng immediately grabbed the radio and responded, "This is the Municipal Bureau Command Center. I'm Wu Yongcheng. Comrade Miao Cheng, please further confirm your location."
"Team Wu, this abandoned factory is about 150 meters west of the intersection of Jinqi Road and Huangtong Road. It's a four-story building. The white van is just north of the building. We discovered it during our patrol."
"Have you come into contact with this van?" Wu Yongcheng asked hurriedly.
Miao Cheng replied on the radio: "I approached and confirmed the license plate number, but I didn't have any close contact with the car."
"Alright, please keep an eye on this car. We'll be right here. Remember, don't act rashly. Your job is just to keep an eye on it. If anything happens, be sure to report it immediately."
Wu Yongcheng finally said: "Don't alert the enemy, and ensure your own safety at the same time."
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