Free Web NovelChapter 1411: Chapter 213: Waterborne Capture (Part 2)
An unexpected influx of police officers shocked Wang Baoqing.
Recalling recent waterborne manhunts conducted by the Water Police and Changhang navigation police on the river, where any ship and crew member would be inspected, Wang Baoqing was not entirely surprised.
Steadying himself, he put down the walkie-talkie used for "command and dispatch," stepped forward, and asked with a smile: "Police comrades, what’s going on?"
Wang Wenhong recognized him immediately but remained composed as he asked, "Are you the person in charge of the dock?"
"I suppose so, police comrades, here’s my business card."
Wang Baoqing tucked the walkie-talkie under his arm, took out a business card, and then decided to take out a pack of Yuxi cigarettes to hand out.
Wang Wenhong glanced at the card, looked up, and asked, "Wang Baoqing?"
"That’s me, I am," he replied.
"You’re the one we’re arresting. Cuff him!"
"Ah..."
"Ah, nothing. Behave yourself!"
Ma Jintao grabbed his arm tightly, efficiently handcuffing him with the help of his subordinates.
As Jiang Youwei and Yang Yong came ashore, they immediately spotted their targets and simultaneously subdued six suspects who had been committing crimes for nearly two years in the sand and gravel trading market on the river.
A team of officers followed Xiao Liu, who had been staking out on a cargo ship, straight to the dormitory next to the market’s police room to arrest Wang Baoqing’s wife and search for records of extortion involving Wang Baoqing and others.
As the police lined up the detained thugs, making them squat on the open ground of the sand and gravel yard, the shipmen were overwhelmed with excitement, wanting to set off firecrackers in celebration but didn’t dare to do so.
Han Yu coordinated seven law enforcement boats to patrol the river to ensure that no suspects escaped over the water. Only when Director Wang’s voice came through the walkie-talkie did he finally relax.
"All the suspects apprehended?"
"All those at the market are caught; the one who escaped is also nearly caught."
Han Yu asked with a smile: "So smooth?"
Wang Wenhong, standing in the police room, looked at the tools of crime just found by his subordinates — a heap of handcuffs, rubber truncheons, walkie-talkies, pickaxe handles, and old police uniforms — but was not happy. He raised the walkie-talkie and said gravely: "These guys posed as police to commit crimes. They are clearly Li Gui, but made themselves out to be Li Kui, so much so that they themselves believed they were part of a cooperative defense team assisting the police in maintaining order!"
Han Yu paused and said softly, "The village officials are to be blamed, and the local police station has responsibilities too."
"Let’s not talk about that now. I’ll organize the comrades to gather evidence. You arrange for units 002, 003, 110, and 111 to dock, so Major General Jiang can escort the arrested suspects onto the boat and bring them back."
"Alright."
It turns out organized crime isn’t hard to deal with; it’s about whether the police are willing to act and if they fear offending people.
While Han Yu and Changhang Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Team leader Jiang Youwei were escorting the suspects back, Zhao Hongxing reported good news from his end. Late at night, a suspect who took a ferry to the shore to buy a late-night snack was caught, and two village officials suspected of shielding the Wang brothers were also taken into police vehicles.
The sand and gravel trading market on the water was an investment by the village.
Due to its success, it was reportedly commended several times by the street committee and even the district.
Considering possible interventions and pleas from influential leaders, though the case was handled by the Water Police Station, external communication was managed by the Changhang Bureau, and the suspects were temporarily detained at the Changhang Bureau.
The Changhang Bureau is a vertically managed unit with no interactions with the local party and government, allowing it to ignore local authorities.
By the time they returned to Binjiang Port and transferred the suspects to the Changhang Bureau’s detention room, it was already half past midnight.
The North Branch Channel cannot be without the enforcement and rescue capabilities of unit 001. Xiao Yu, Xiao Chen, and Zhu Baogen set sail back overnight. Assured that the suspect could not escape, Han Yu rode a bicycle home.
The light motorcycle had become the schoolmate’s transportation once again, and since the Meteorological Bureau’s residential area was not far from the Changhang Bureau, cycling was quite convenient.
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Early the next morning, just about to catch a ride with "Mayor Han" to the camp to continue participating in the Rescue Boat Team’s military training, Wang Wenhong suddenly called.
"Director Wang, haven’t you slept all night?"
"We arrested so many people all at once, and yet the production and operations at the sand and gravel trading market can’t be disrupted — how could I sleep?" Wang Wenhong said as he just returned to the bureau, cheerful despite an all-nighter: "Salted Fish, after you all left last night, we conducted a background check on the workers at the sand and gravel trading market and serendipitously caught a fugitive!"
"Identified through a CD-ROM comparison?"
"Yes."
"What crime had the fugitive committed?"
Wang Wenhong, in high spirits due to a triumph, lit a cigarette and laughed: "You’ll hardly believe it when I tell you, but he’s an economic criminal! He used to be an accountant at a large state-owned company in East Sea and embezzled over half a million in public funds back in ’89 when higher authorities audited the accounts. Knowing he couldn’t conceal it, he fled the scene out of guilt.
Over the years, he’s wandered around, living off odd jobs. He was once a properly educated technical school graduate and had a respectable job, but because he couldn’t control his hands, he’s ended up doing hard labor at a dock. He’s only 35 this year, but he looks like a man in his fifties or sixties!"
Embezzling more than half a million yuan in public funds in ’89 — it’s undoubtedly a major case.
Han Yu didn’t expect the night’s action to be so fruitful, curiously asked: "Have you contacted colleagues from East Sea?"
"Contacted, just did, and when they arrive, I’ll hand that guy over to them."
"He embezzled and misappropriated hundreds of thousands, where did that money go?"
"I was puzzled at first, over 500,000, enough for him to live a lifetime, until he confessed that the money was all spent on a woman, or rather, got conned by a woman."
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Hung up the phone, carrying the senior on the way to work.
Han Yu held the bike handlebars and said with emotion: "He was in his early twenties at the time, hadn’t been working for long, met the wrong person, couldn’t resist the temptation of beauty, seems normal in hindsight."
Han Xiangning laughed and asked: "San’er, do you sympathize with that fugitive?"
"How could I sympathize with him, I’m just saying."
"You guys are really something, always like to shift the blame onto women."
"No, let’s not talk about this, are you busy this afternoon, if not I’ll wait for you in the camp, if busy, I’ll take Commissar Fang’s car home after work."
"A bit busy in the afternoon, might need to work overtime."
"Then I won’t wait for you."
Talking about work, Han Xiangning remembered something, leaned on his shoulder and smiled: "Instructor Wang helped me contact his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law is a middle-level manager at a chemical plant, asked the plant leadership for me. The plant leadership is quite interested in relocating to our Changzhou, I plan to go to East Sea tomorrow and discuss it with them."
He also has to go away for a while, and won’t be back for over two months.
Han Yu wasn’t in a position to ask the senior not to go out, and said without thinking: "Go ahead, it’s your job."
"I want to take this opportunity to attend Xu Ying’s concert. There have been other stars coming to Binjiang for concerts before, but the ticket prices were so high, who can afford that, I’ve never gone even once."
"You know Xu Ying?"
"Didn’t know before, know now, Yu Zhen called me, Lin Xiaohui is back, that Xu Ying is good friends with Lin Xiaohui, Lin Xiaohui has tickets!" freёwebnovel.com
"Go see it, and take a picture with the star, get a signature."
"A photo and autograph are trivial, since we’ve got this connection, I want to invite Xu Ying to our Changzhou."
Han Yu asked in surprise: "Invite the star to Changzhou for a concert?"
"Inviting them for a concert is unrealistic, Changzhou people won’t spend that much money on tickets." Han Xiangning hugged his waist tightly, and proudly said: "We’re about to hold the inauguration ceremony for the Yangtze River Bridge Industrial Park. If Xu Ying is willing to come, I will make the ceremony grander, let the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Cultural Bureau put on a few shows, and invite Xu Ying on stage to sing two songs."
"And then?"
"There’s no ’and then’, this is about promoting our Yangtze River Bridge Industrial Park, having a star means star effect, equivalent to inviting them to help us advertise."
Han Yu didn’t expect the senior’s plan to be like this, couldn’t help but laugh and ask: "Will they want to come? Even if they do, you have to pay! They’re a star, Xiao Yu said they’ve even acted in movies with the ’Four Heavenly Kings’, probably won’t come for less than eighty to a hundred thousand appearance fee to advertise for you."
"She’s Lin Xiaohui’s friend, I’m also Lin Xiaohui’s friend, a friend’s friend is a friend, can friends talking money?"
"Ningning, this is moral coercion, doing this might cost you your friends."
"I’ll ask first, even if an appearance fee is needed, at least I’ll get a discount for being friends."
"Can you make decisions about something this big?"
"I called Mayor Hou, and he said it’s feasible. Our competitors now are not just Binjiang Development Zone and Linghai Development Zone, there are several development zones across the river. And we’ve already fallen behind, to catch up we must build our reputation, we must establish our industrial park’s brand."
Han Xiangning, full of ambition, ready to take big action, then laughed: "Lin Xiaohui has several tickets, all very close to the stage, Yu Zhen doesn’t have time to go watch, I plan to call sister and brother-in-law, they never even go to movies, surely haven’t been to a concert either, just like us."
Good things of course should involve one’s own family.
Han Yu, very happy, couldn’t help but laugh and ask: "Almost forgot, is the Shipping Academy’s relocation decided?"
"Yesterday, Secretary Chu and Mayor Hou went to the school together, had a very pleasant talk with Dean Shao, Dean Shao said they’ll report to the Transportation Department in a few days, anyway, it’s moving, doesn’t matter where, the Transportation Department probably won’t oppose."
Han Xiangning smiled, then continued: "Once the Shipping Academy’s relocation is confirmed, we’ll need to adjust the original plan for the Bridge Industrial Park."
Han Yu subconsciously asked: "How to adjust?"
"Including staff, there are seven or eight thousand faculty and students in the school, once it moves to our Changzhou, it will bring popularity to Changzhou. After returning from school to the City Committee yesterday, Secretary Chu and Mayor Hou convened a meeting with us, planning to develop the area around the campus well.
Now there are fewer and fewer children in the countryside, several elementary and middle schools need to merge, might as well use this chance to merge near the Shipping Academy, then combining elementary, middle school students and staff with the Shipping Academy faculty and students can exceed ten thousand. Sure need a shopping mall and supermarket, a food street can also be established, there’re many investment projects, even build commercial housing around the school!"
The leaders of Changzhou are truly impressive, don’t ask for land use fees from the Shipping Academy, still making money off it, no wonder Secretary Qian of Linghai and Mayor Shen can’t compete.
Han Yu admired this deeply, couldn’t help but laugh: "So you’re saying you’ve already fired the first shot, had a great opening?"
"Pretty much, lucky we are graduates of the Shipping School, otherwise Dean Shao wouldn’t have thought of me for this good thing." Han Xiangning got more excited the more he thought about it, couldn’t help but chuckle: "Almost forgot, Dean Shao was our wedding witness!"
