Chapter 333

Tang Jia finding a breakthrough clue somewhat stimulated her colleagues in the same group.

Everyone followed Jiang Yuan, and their work was actually quite serious and careful, but clues are a bit like treasure hunting. Only at the moment the treasure is found is all the work cashed in, and the treasure hunter's experience is regarded as a success, and the process is regarded as effort; otherwise, it is all vanity.

Everyone hopes that their efforts will be recognized, especially those who have indeed put in great effort.

Even Wang Zhong was carrying a camera, starting to flip through the photos taken earlier, while more police officers shifted their interest to the delivery man.

A delivery driver in his fifties is slightly overage in a big city, but even a bit young in the village. If he has a vehicle, he can often take on the business of many villages.

This time, a group of young people, in order to catch him, took on the business of many villages separately.

Jiang Yuan, along with Song Song Jinyou and others, returned directly to the police station to wait.

The suspect had not been exposed and showed no tendency to flee, so catching him wouldn't be too difficult; several young men should be able to detain him quite easily.

After all, it was just sheep theft.

Almost back-to-back, the group led by Wang Wang Chuanxing and Shen Shen Yaowei brought the criminal suspects back. The only slightly unexpected thing was that they brought back three people instead of one.

"One who ties the sheep, one who drives, and one who keeps watch and cooks the meat." Wang Wang Chuanxing sent the people into the interrogation room and came out to introduce them to Jiang Yuan.

"Did they eat all the stolen sheep?" Jiang Yuan wasn't too surprised, but still slightly surprised.

Nowadays, criminal motives are mostly emotional, followed by money. It is indeed rare to commit a crime intentionally just for a bite to eat.

Of course, stealing sheep is also for illegally obtaining money or benefits, but this direct consumption model is indeed old-fashioned enough.

Wang Wang Chuanxing nodded and said: "It's standard petty theft. They even made a small space in the car, welding a place fifty centimeters wide, just to hide the sheep and dogs. What was found at home included a large pot, a blowtorch for burning hair, and so on..."

"They turned it professional?" Song Song Jinyou's expression became serious; this was a criminal gang under his jurisdiction. Wang Wang Chuanxing said: "I don't know about the rest, but they are truly gluttonous, and they cook quite deliciously. When I went over, they were just roasting goose meat, and it smelled quite good..."

"Did you find the tools?" Jiang Yuan didn't follow up on the goose cooking method.

Wang Wang Chuanxing took out his phone, opened the photos, and showed them to Jiang Yuan.

"The pliers match, and the shoes do too, so there's no problem." Jiang Yuan only looked at a few photos before feeling relieved.

As long as they didn't catch the wrong person, the rest is just normal procedural operation.

With Meng Meng Chengbiao responsible for the interrogation and Wang Wang Chuanxing writing the PPT, Jiang Yuan wasn't worried about any further changes.

Sitting steadily and drinking tea, after a while, Meng Meng Chengbiao came to report: "They confessed. These three people would run off to steal a sheep, or a dog, or a goose whenever they were craving it, just to have a treat, thinking that their petty theft didn't matter."

"Repeated theft, and it doesn't matter." Song Song Jinyou hummed twice and added: "If the theft amount of 20 times is accumulated, it's enough to reach a huge amount."

Repeated theft and burglary are subject to the same legal provisions, including the theft of public or private property. If the amount is relatively large, or if there is repeated theft, burglary, theft while carrying a weapon, or pickpocketing, it is all punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years.

Three years or less sounds acceptable; after prosecution, the actual sentence might be around a year or more, not reaching two years.

However, the determination of the amount in the legal provisions is different from the understanding of ordinary people.

The so-called "relatively large amount" in theft is basically a few thousand yuan. And once it reaches over 30,000 yuan, it can be determined as a relatively large amount.

In the second half of the same legal provision, a huge amount is punishable by three to ten years in prison. As for even more "especially huge amounts," depending on the region, it usually refers to over 300,000 or 400,000 yuan, and especially huge amounts are punishable by ten years or more of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment.

【Continuation of 333-28】

This means that whoever breaks into someone's house and touches a nautilus shell is directly heading towards ten years or more.

These three sheep thieves are actually quite miserable. With over 20 sheep, dogs, and geese, if all can be determined, it should just cross the 30,000-yuan threshold, which is basically a "huge amount"; sentencing starts at three years, and it's easy to get four or five years.

Meng Meng Chengbiao continued to explain the case: "They often run to Wenxiang. Every time they deliver goods to a village, they look for a good location in advance. When they get a craving, they take an order for transport here, deliver the goods, steal a sheep, and then go back to cook and eat it."

"Moreover, they claim they won't steal too much. Their original words were that they won't take too much, only what they eat themselves, belonging to the 'honor among thieves' code."

"The guy responsible for stealing sheep and dogs used to raise sheep, so his movements are very skilled. His age, height, and weight all match the footprints..."

"The one keeping watch is a cook, the one driving is the mastermind, and another thing, he has a car."

"They are very familiar with cameras and always look for other roads to take."

Meng Meng Chengbiao said all the information obtained from the interrogation in one breath, then whispered: "Is this case considered solved?"

"Of course, it is solved." Jiang Yuan then asked curiously: "It's normal for one person to steal a sheep at a time, but three people stealing sheep, and only stealing one each time, why? Isn't it better to steal two more and save them? Or do a big job and buy sheep to eat later..."

"They probably aren't that short of money. It's just for eating." Meng Meng Chengbiao organized his language and said: "Simply put, all three are henpecked; the money they earn is all handed over to their wives, and they don't even have money for a treat, so they steal and eat it themselves. They don't dare to take the leftovers home, so they continue eating it the next day or the third day, so they don't want to steal more at all..."

"No wonder." Jiang Yuan understood instantly. Yu Yu Wenshu is also henpecked, so it's nothing strange.

Song Song Jinyou also clicked his tongue, then smiled and said: "This is equivalent to you solving twenty cases in one go, haha... Actually, calculating it this way, there aren't many of you who came, and there is evidence for more than twenty cases that needs to be secured..."

Now, when prosecuting cases, both confessions and physical evidence are needed. Although not strictly required, it is best to have them.

Based on Song Song Jinyou's experience, organizing the evidence for 20 cases is definitely a super miserable task.

It's like doing 20 after-class exercises; it's not that one doesn't know how to do them, but doing them still requires scratching one's head and spending a lot of time and energy...

Jiang Yuan was also in a state of thought at this time, nodding and saying: "The evidence for more than 20 cases is indeed quite a lot."

Song Song Jinyou looked at Jiang Yuan with extreme alertness at this time, starting to think about how to refuse in his mind.

"Organize the photos of the tools you found." Jiang Yuan's thinking was more about which direction to use to secure the evidence.

Tool marks are his current super skill, and now he can use them to perform a finishing move.

Many thieves are accustomed to using one tool for a long time, which is a completely different approach from murderers.

This may be because theft has a certain technicality, and everyone still pursues convenience.

Furthermore, the value of a single theft case is limited, and it is almost impossible for the perpetrator to change equipment every time they steal something; that wouldn't be committing a crime, but working for the tool shop owner.

Soon, Tang Jia brought over the relevant case files and photos. Especially the tools found at the arrest scene, the quantity was not small.

Jiang Yuan looked at a few and began to number the tools in the photos.

Tang Jia understood as soon as she saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

After numbering the tools in the photos was completed, Jiang Yuan began to write down the tools row by row.

Song Song Jinyou was confused by their operation and couldn't help but ask: "What does it mean to put these numbers together?"

"It's just the tools involved in a case. Like this case, case number 7, they used pliers, used chains, used ropes, and also left tire tracks; these will serve as tools." Jiang Yuan said while doing it, and in minutes he classified the evidence for 20 cases.

【Continuation of 333-57】

The rest is nothing more than writing the report.

Song Song Jinyou watched from the side, greatly shocked, having the feeling of a poor student watching a top student do homework.

"Director Song, are there any cases in your station recently that we can help you with?" Jiang Yuan said casually.

Having made such a big fuss to come here, they couldn't just go back like this.