Chapter 18 Scene
Liu Zhen is the deputy captain of the London Anti-powder Squad. Each of the three deputy captains of the Anti-powder Squad has a team. This factory is the work area of Liu Zhen's team. There is also a temporary suspect detention room in the factory. Wang Shuang is in it.
Wang Shuang is not the same as the powder criminal Liang Xi knew. He wears glasses, is tall and thin, and looks more like a teacher. According to the information obtained by the police, Wang Shuang is indeed a chemistry teacher in Hungary. As for why there was flour in the car rented by a chemistry teacher, Wang Shuang told the police that he was set up for a scam and owed a large sum of money to the Hungarian blacks in a gambling game. When he had no money to repay the debt, the Hungarian blacks asked him to go to the UK to help bring goods. This is his fifth trip to the UK in the past six months. Each time, he brought flour from a designated city in the UK to a certain location for a separate transaction.
Wang Shuang said to Liu Zhen sincerely: "I always trade alone. This is the rule."
Liu Zhen said: "We have to change the rules today. Check his body, give him something to eat, and give him a bulletproof vest."
Wang Shuang turned around and was about to leave. Liang Xi asked, "Cash transaction?"
Wang Shuang thought Liang Xi was a member of the anti-powder team and replied, "Of course it's cash."
Owen took Wang Shuang away. Liu Zhen looked at the time and said, "We'll leave in half an hour. Go eat something."
After eating pizza and drinking drinks, Baker drove Liang Xi on the road first. Baker was 32 years old and he was obviously a veteran Tonight's operation was just a daily routine for him. On the way, he chatted and joked with Liang Xi deliberately to ease his nervousness.
"The criminals usually carry pistols because they know very well that when they need to fight back, carrying an RPG will not change their fate. Therefore, weapons that are easy to conceal are their first choice." Baker saw that Liang Xi was a little absent-minded and was a little worried: "Don't worry too much, man. We are just scouts. The main work will be done by others."
Liang Xi asked: "When Wang Shuang was arrested, were there any weapons found on his body or in his car? Did he resist?"
Baker: "No. Why do you ask this question?"
Liang Xi said: "I don't think he is a pink criminal."
Baker replied: "Those who commit drug abuse are not necessarily drug addicts. Large groups are usually divided into two categories. The first category uses drug abuse to control the people below them. This type of gang dies the fastest because the henchmen will take risks for you for drug abuse and will also sell you out for a cigarette. The second category prohibits middle and high-level people from getting involved in drug abuse and instead controls them through their families. You know, for a drug addict, family members are nothing. They can sacrifice anything for a little drug abuse. For non-drug addicts, controlling family members is equivalent to controlling them. The second type of gang is usually not destroyed. Even if they are severely damaged, they will make a comeback after a few months of recuperation. Their biggest natural enemy is not the police, but their competitors."
Liang Xi also changed his character of running errands for John in his early years, only handling cases and not caring about people, and began to try to get to know more people in the case. Needs determine attitudes. He had no needs before, and he did not need help from others. Since John was killed, he needs any resources. Baker is not only a resource of knowledge, but also a resource of experience. Baker's actual experience fills in the incomplete puzzle in the book, allowing Liang Xi to have a three-dimensional and objective understanding of the drug-selling group. He also came into contact with some common methods used by the anti-drug team to investigate drug sales.
About half an hour later, at around 11pm, Liang Xi and Baker arrived at Bowan. Baker turned off the lights, drove the car to the side, asked Liang Xi to wait there, and sneaked to the warehouse a hundred meters away. After confirming that it was safe, he returned to the car and led Liang Xi to the transaction point on foot.
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This is a warehouse the size of a small aircraft hangar. There is a separate platform on the second floor, which is also their reconnaissance point. Baker explained the details. Traders may take a boat to land at the dock 30 meters away and go to the warehouse to trade. It is also possible to drive to the trading point.
Liang Xi asked worriedly, "Is it possible for the pink criminal to go to the second floor for inspection?"
Baker replied, "It's possible, but the chances are slim. Don't worry, the floor partitions can easily withstand pistol bullets. There is only one vertical staircase to the second floor, and my gun can easily hold the line for a few minutes."
Liang Xi asked: "What if the criminal carried an assault rifle..."
Baker rolled his eyes: "Do you really want to die?"
Liang Xi smiled silently.
Baker leaned against the wooden box with his gun in his arms and laughed: "If there is no risk at all, why should we spend money on insurance? There is still an hour and a half before the transaction time, you can take a nap. Or go to the bathroom now."
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Liu Zhen's team arrived nearby and after a brief communication, maintained radio silence.
With 20 minutes left before the transaction time, Wang Shuang, Baker and a police officer set out from the base and headed for the transaction warehouse.
Baker listened to the conversation in the headset, hung up and raised two fingers to Liang Xi, waving forward. Liang Xi made a diving gesture? Was Baker asking him to jump from the second floor?
Baker said happily: "Two suspicious vehicles."
Liang Xi asked: "What if it's a boat?"
Baker put his palms up and made a floating motion.
Liang Xi asked: "Where's the plane?"
Baker does a diving move.
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The two parties came from the north and south directions. Wang Shuang parked his car at the front door of the warehouse and turned on the double flash. Liu Zhen knew this rule. Wang Shuang did not see any car at the front door. The double flash meant that he occupied the front door during the transaction. Later traders could only go to the back door.
Baker received the information and explained to Liang Xi: "The suspicious vehicle is parked thirty meters away, two people got out of the second car and lit a cigarette, and the first car drove towards the warehouse. Hush!" From now on, no one can talk.
Wang Shuang and two police officers stood near the front door of the warehouse, with a black travel bag at their feet. The first suspicious vehicle stopped at the back door, and a black man and two Asians walked into the warehouse from the back door.
"Haha, that's spicy enough."
When Liang Xi heard this, the other party stopped walking and there was no further conversation.
Owen knew that because Wang Shuang had always traded alone before, the other party might have become suspicious. Owen whispered, "Go ahead."
Wang Shuang took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said in Chinese: "Are you kidding me? I rushed here from Oxford at 8 o'clock, and you are still late?"
The other party was silent for a while: "Yeah."
Wang Shuang kicked the bag on the ground: "Where's the money? As usual, one hand for the money, the other for the goods."
They spoke in Chinese, and Liang Xi and Liu Zhen heard it clearly. But Liang Xi was very curious. Why did Wang Shuang say eight o'clock? Was it Liu Zhen's instruction? Seeing Baker looking at him, Liang Xi shook his head slightly. There was nothing wrong with these words.
A man in a shirt among the traders replied, "I'm not in a hurry for the money. Third brother, check the goods."
A bald man about 1.7 meters tall walked towards Wang Shuang and the others. The man in the shirt said, "You guys step back."
Wang Shuang and the two police officers retreated ten meters. The third brother walked to the backpack, unzipped it, took out the flour inside, weighed it in his hand, and looked back at the man in the shirt.
Liang Xi was a little surprised. He was above the trader and couldn't see the trader, but he could see Lao San. From the images transmitted from the camera to the notebook, Lao San had no expression and no movements. He didn't comment on the quality of the flour.
The third brother's inspection method is very amateurish. A real inspector needs to carry chemical reagents to roughly test the purity of the flour. The idea of knowing the quality by licking it is purely a movie drama.
Something is wrong, but I don't know what.
