Chapter 317: Is This a Cloned‑Plate Vehicle?

Wang Dachuan took the dashcam that Big Brother handed over.

After copying the recorded footage to the computer, he returned the dashcam to Big Brother.

Originally, Big Brother also wanted to see what case the Police were investigating.

But can he be allowed to see it?

When the Police investigate a case, they cannot disclose information to the outside.

After all, before the case is clarified, anyone could be the murderer.

Even their own officers are not exempt; for example, when handling a case, if an officer is linked to the case, that officer must avoid conflict and cannot get involved.

Wang Dachuan said, "Mr. Li, thank you for your help and understanding, but I'm sorry, the case details need to be kept confidential, you see…"

"Got it, got it, got it! I understand!", Big Brother quickly nodded, "I happen to have something to do, so I'll leave now. If you need anything, just find me, I'm fully cooperative!"

After speaking, Big Brother left the Police Station without looking back.

Wang Dachuan immediately opened the footage that had just been copied from the dashcam.

After finding the corresponding time's surveillance, he and Xu Mo started watching it together.

That night, the car was parked in a good spot, directly facing the road where the victim was abducted, and the dashcam recorded everything that night.

"That girl in the long dress is the victim, right?" Wang Dachuan pointed at the silhouette on the computer screen.

"That's her." Xu Mo nodded.

The two continued watching.

In the video, the girl initially walked normally, but when she reached an alley entrance, she seemed to be called by someone or attracted by something, and she glanced inside.

After hesitating for a few seconds, the girl entered the alley.

She did not come out afterward.

About a minute later, a van drove out of the alley and sped away.

"It must be this vehicle!" Wang Dachuan pointed at the van in the video.

But out of caution, he kept watching another segment of surveillance.

After fast‑forwarding and watching half an hour of video, he still did not see the girl emerge from the alley.

Wang Dachuan then concluded, "It's that van; the murderer kidnapped the victim and used the van to take her away."

"That's enough, rewind and check the license plate," Xu Mo said.

Wang Dachuan immediately complied, dragging the video timeline back another half hour with the mouse.

As a result, because the dashcam's camera wasn't great—just passable—and the shooting distance was far, the captured footage was very blurry, and the van's license plate could not be seen at all.

Wang Dachuan involuntarily looked at Xu Mo.

The footage was too blurry to read the plate; he couldn't solve that, so he turned to Xu Mo.

"It's unreadable; could you process this segment of video as well?"

"Cut out the part where the van is filmed and send it to me; I'll give it a try," Xu Mo said.

One minute later.

"Done!" Xu Mo finished the video transcoding.

The previously blurry footage is now somewhat clearer.

Wang Dachuan tried hard to identify it.

"License Plate Yang a. k376... what is the last character? Is it the digit 0, the letter o, or maybe an 8? What do you see?"

The preceding characters are easier to read; only the last one is problematic.

It vaguely appears a bit round.

Wang Dachuan cannot tell whether it's o, 0, or 8.

Xu Mo examined the van's license plate in the video and replied.

"Private vehicles' plates never have the letter o; even if they do, it's only in the alphabetic code, and the five digits after it are only numbers, never the letter o. The last character also doesn't look like an 8. The plate should be License Plate Yang a. k3760; I'll look up this plate."

After speaking, Xu Mo queried License Plate Yang a. k3760.

The result showed the plate belongs to a Land Cruiser, not a van at all.

Wang Dachuan scratched his head, "It's still a cloned plate vehicle... the murderer is quite cautious."

Since it's a cloned plate, the registered owner info is meaningless and cannot be considered a clue.

Xu Mo also found this headache‑inducing.

But that doesn't mean a cloned plate vehicle is untraceable.

Although they can't find the real owner, they can check surveillance to see where the vehicle ultimately went.

Surveillance in this area isn't dense; there are gaps, many broken cameras, and many road forks.

Therefore, judging the next camera based on the vehicle's direction is impractical.

Only a broad search of all cameras in the area might locate the vehicle's final destination.

One person checking that many feeds is still taxing.

So Xu Mo gathered other officers on the case, shared all his clues, and had them search the surveillance together for the cloned‑plate vehicle's whereabouts.

In an instant, almost all officers were simultaneously checking the whereabouts of the cloned‑plate vehicle License Plate Yang a. k3760.

With many hands, after scanning all cameras in the area, they actually found the vehicle's final destination in a short time.

"After kidnapping the person, the van headed straight toward the suburbs; the surveillance thinned out, and the last spot captured was at the intersection of Dayu Road and Xifeng Road. After that we don't know where it went; it probably didn't go onto another monitored road... This gang must have done their homework before acting," a police officer said.

After opening the map and glancing at it, Wang Dachuan suddenly had an idea: "The van's last appearance on camera was at the intersection of Dayu Road and Xifeng Road, and after that it wasn't captured again. That suggests the gang's hideout is probably in this area; shall we search this area and give it a try?"

As soon as the words finished, an officer objected.

"That's hard to say; that area is empty, with many unmonitored roads. What if they turned onto some nameless lane... Also, the area you mentioned is too large; we lack manpower, how long would it take to search such a big region?"

"We can't just do nothing and stay passive, right? Those Human Traffickers might strike another lone girl tonight; even with limited manpower we have to try. Who knows, we might locate the traffickers' lair," Wang Dachuan added.

Indeed, we can't just wait idly; since relying solely on surveillance can't find this gang of human traffickers, we need to change tactics…… Xu Mo, who was beside him, suddenly stood up and patted Wang Dachuan on the shoulder.

"I'll go out for a bit; if Han Team asks, just tell him I'm on duty."