Chapter 64: The Great Robbery (Part 2)
This was a well-planned theft. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not see it that way. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is formally known as the Professional Duties Department of the National Police Agency, an internal agency responsible for, but not limited to, investigating duty-related crimes committed by its police officers.
The first reason why the Ministry of Internal Affairs suspected that there was a mole: How did the criminal know that the pound was in detention room No. 3?
The second reason: How did the criminals destroy the controller and make the door of detention room No. 3 unable to be opened?
The third reason: How did the criminals know that there were a large number of British pounds at the anti-powder team’s base?
The operation started at 11 o'clock. After comprehensive calculations, only Baker's team and the counting staff who received the call knew that there were pounds at the base, and only Baker's team knew that the pounds were placed in detention room No. 3.
As for the second reason, it seems that there is an answer soon. The Ministry of Internal Affairs can open the door of Detention Room No. 3 normally using the controller. It is very likely that Owen, who was operating the controller to open the door at that time, did not know how to use the controller to open the door, or Owen did not open the door.
All members of the Baker team were suspended for investigation, and their captain Liu Zhen assisted the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Xiaomao did not go to work yesterday, and after receiving a call from Liu Zhen, he secretly contacted Liang Xi. It is better to try it out than to save the situation. Now it is not a matter of pounds. Liu Zhen hopes that detective Liang Xi can help his team clear their suspicion.
Liang Xi asked about some details, such as the controller. Xiaomao told Liang Xi that the controller was a separate system, not connected to the Internet, and used a wired connection. In simple terms, the controller was connected to the doors of the three detention rooms with a wire , so that the controller could open and close the three doors.
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For Liang Xi, the case was interesting because it was full of contradictions . The criminals made the controller unable to open the door, which was in line with common sense and a means of theft. But why did the controller resume operation after the theft was over?
The controller is wired and not connected to the Internet. Xiaomao explained that physical intrusion can be used, such as inserting a clip with a battery into the connecting line, and the controller can be paralyzed by remotely controlling the clip to power it up. When the theft is over, the clip is turned off remotely, or the clip battery is exhausted, and the controller can be used again.
But Liang Xi contacted Liu Zhen to get the answer, the detective did not find any thorns or clamps at the scene. Xiaomao's knowledge, excluding the physical intrusion method of thorns and clamps, she had no other explanation for why the controller could fail for a period of time.
Xiaomao even built a model in front of Liang Xi. She took out a rubber band to represent the data cable: "External wireless interference cannot affect the controller. It must be physically connected." Xiaomao took out a toothpick and pierced it into the rubber band.
Xiaomao said: "Super strong magnetic fields may directly damage the equipment. But when the equipment is still intact, wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic waves or signals cannot interfere with the operation of the controller."
Liang Xi asked: "Do you think there is really a traitor?"
Xiaomao said: "Since we haven't found anything like a thorn trap, we can't rule out the possibility of a traitor." Her attitude was consistent with the suspicion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Liang Xi said: "This case is full of weirdness. Baker is out, let's find a place to have a cup of coffee."
Liu Zhen told Xiaomao that she would help Liang Xi today, and Xiaomao had no objection. She also hoped to get things straightened out as soon as possible. In her heart vaguely felt that there might be a traitor in the anti-powder team.
Liang Xi raised his hand to say hello, and pointed to the Beetle not far away from him. Baker nodded, looked back at the brothers who were still being questioned, and walked towards the Beetle. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not yet applied for a search warrant. They are trying to persuade all suspects to agree to their search of the suspects' homes.
At the beginning of the investigation, the seven members of the anti-powder team were united in their hatred of the enemy. They were hostile to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and believed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble for the sake of performance. After the Ministry of Internal Affairs analyzed some of the details, the anti-powder team was skeptical about whether there was a ghost.
Baker is the person who trusts Liang Xi the most, and he believes that Liang Xi will give him an answer.
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Baker drew a picture with his hands dipped in water and said, "I ran to the side door, drove to the front door, turned left and started chasing. After about 30 meters, the construction vehicle was lying across the road, completely blocking the road. I saw several steel cables tied to the front of the vehicle, so I was sure that it was this vehicle that collapsed the wall of our detention room."
Baker said: "Murphy and I were in one car, Dirk and Ado were in one car, and the other two were in one car. We were all blocked in front of the construction vehicle. After the six of us discussed it, we immediately called the police for help."
Liang Xi asked, "Where's Owen?"
Baker said: "When we left, Owen was still smashing the controller and drove over a minute after us. It was pretty chaotic at the time."
Baker described the incident. After hearing the noise, everyone went to the detention room and saw the money being shoveled away. Owen shouted: He went to open the door. Others opened fire. Since the smoke bombs and the other party's vehicles were not affected by the shooting, Baker called out and ran to the car parked at the side door first, and Murphy followed Baker and got in the car.
Liang Xi did not make any statement. He said something interesting and then asked, "Is the money usually kept in Detention Room No. 3?"
Baker replied: "Not necessarily, but mostly yes."
Liang Xi asked: "The wall doesn't seem to be very solid."
Baker nodded: "The base was built from a warehouse, and not much of the frame structure was moved. Steel bars were embedded in the detention room to make ventilation and drainage holes, but I didn't expect that they would be used by the other party." The steel cables were buckled on the upper and lower steel bars of the detention room, and the engineering vehicle pulled, and the entire wall collapsed. The detention room was originally built for the temporary detention of unarmed suspects, and it did not have the function of a vault.
Liang Xi thought that the car used to steal the money was modified, and it was obviously modified for this robbery. Liang Xi asked: "Whose informant did you receive the tip-off? Who is the informant?"
In a sense, an informant is a legal identity, not a common identity. Usually, an informant belongs to a designated police officer. To become an informant, one must help the police officer catch bad guys or solve a case, etc., and then the police can register him as his informant. As a police informant, he has the right to be protected by the judiciary. The situation is different in different countries. For example, in the UK, every time an informant provides a tip, the police will pay him a certain amount of money.
Baker said: "My informant is Emily, she is a drug addict. She was forced to quit because she ate flour, which caused her family to be destroyed. Although it was her own fault, she would rather blame it on others. So she took the initiative to find us and asked to become an informant so that we could retaliate against the drug addicts. With her help, we successfully destroyed a gang. Over the past year, I have occasionally talked to her on the phone and have a certain understanding of her situation. I am very happy that she has left this circle. At 10:30 last night, she called me and said there was a big deal."
Baker said: "Liverpool police destroyed the local leading gang a few days ago, resulting in a shortage of local supply in Liverpool and a surge in prices. This has led to a huge price difference in domestic flour. A group of people came to London to buy goods. Emily told me that this group frequently contacted the local flour king to purchase large quantities of flour. Emily determined the location where a large amount of cash and flour was stored, so the captain decided to raid it immediately."
Liang Xi said: "Basically I have figured out the case, but I have no evidence. But coincidentally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no evidence either." Finding evidence is the most annoying thing.
Baker: "Brother, the Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't need evidence." Baker is Baker, he won't ask Liang Xi what he knows. If it was Bobby, he would have to annoy him to death.
