Chapter 830: Poison Web

"Director Kong, more police from Ningtai have arrived." When the officer below came to report, Kong Xueping was smoking by the window.

"Ningtai police? Jiang Yuan's people?" Kong Xueping dropped his cigarette, somewhat surprised.

"Yes. They are already preparing to land." The subordinate had only just received the news. The Sudao airport was a small one, and chartered planes were even rarer; those that reported their arrival on such short notice were rarer still.

Kong Xueping frowned. He wanted to call Jiang Yuan, but before dialing, he sent a message to his subordinate, Liu Ling, whom he had sent to deliver gifts.

Come to think of it, why had the two of them been gone for so long just to deliver some local specialties?

After the message was sent, it sank like a stone, with no response at all.

Kong Xueping couldn't sit still. He stood up, picked up his phone, and said, "Let's go take a look."

The newly equipped Changan CS75 looked big and handsome after being painted with police livery. Kong Xueping drove himself, and with a stomp on the gas pedal, he rushed out.

When the car reached the end of the runway and he looked at the ARJ21 in the sky, his expression turned solemn.

This thing could seat eighty or ninety people. Although a chartered plane didn't necessarily have to be full, just how wealthy was the Ningtai County Bureau? Flying such a large plane over—were they planning to occupy Sudao?

Did their police bureau not have work to do? Sending so many people to Sudao, what about the local public security in Ningtai? The local criminals in Ningtai couldn't possibly just tie themselves up at the police station.

While Kong Xueping was lost in thought, the ARJ slowly landed and stopped on the runway.

Click, click.

The cabin door opened.

Kong Xueping put on a smile and went to greet them.

He saw a shiny bald head walking out of the plane.

Then, another slightly shiny bald head...

And another super-shiny bald head.

It was exactly the entire duty roster of the First Squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of Ningtai County, Qinghe City, Shannan Province.

Click!

Wu Junhao walked out of the cabin door, wearing a green bulletproof vest and carrying a green canvas bag.

Ever since the First Squadron had been disbanded, it had taken a great deal of effort for Wu Junhao to reassemble it. Some of the older members might not have wanted to be part of the "Bald-headed Assault Team" anymore, and since they were doing well in other units, they chose to stay there. Others were very willing to return, but having wasted half a year, their physical fitness and combat effectiveness had suffered.

Wu Junhao didn't force anyone to stay, and he quickly recruited a batch of new "bald-headed" members, but retraining and integrating them took another few months.

This time, Wu Junhao was determined to stand tall.

The members of the First Squadron were also in high spirits, even appearing a bit murderous.

Kong Xueping took a small step back, until he saw a few police officers appearing with normal attire.

"Everyone, welcome, welcome..." Kong Xueping took the initiative to greet them.

"Director Kong, hello." Wang Chuanxing had seen Kong Xueping's photo beforehand; he bypassed Wu Junhao and shook his hand.

Wu Junhao, however, remained solemn, holding the green canvas bag in one hand and keeping the other tucked into his chest.

"I wonder where our Captain Jiang is?" Wang Chuanxing didn't even wait for Kong Xueping to finish the pleasantries.

Kong Xueping frowned, thinking to himself, you're asking me where your Captain Jiang is...

However, he was a veteran criminal police officer who had experienced many bizarre and tense situations. Suddenly thinking of his two missing subordinates, his heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Captain Jiang should be at the hotel. Shall I take you there?"

"That would be best." Wang Chuanxing immediately followed Kong Xueping, while someone behind him naturally made a call to contact Jiang Yuan.

The person most confused by the situation at the scene was actually Kong Xueping.

But his mood at this moment was slightly tense. Criminal police, especially veteran ones, consider problems differently from ordinary people.

Just as Director Feng of Philosopher Island said, a person's life experience shapes them. When a criminal police officer opens their eyes every day to see various homicides, missing persons cases, robberies, thefts, and carefully planned layouts, the first thing they think of when they can't reach someone is definitely not that the phone is out of battery.

At the very least, it must be that the phone was lost!

A procession of over a dozen cars headed toward the hotel in a grand manner.

The police station didn't have that many cars to use; Wang Chuanxing used his phone to call several commercial vans to fit all the personnel and equipment inside.

At the same time, Kong Xueping remembered to report to his superiors.

Wang Chuanxing didn't care about him; lawsuits were a matter for those above. For those of them doing the work below, it was better to get things done first.

"Insubordination" wasn't a tradition unique to Japan. Throughout the dynasties, "No matter how clear your official integrity is, you cannot escape the slipperiness of the clerks." Many times, power comes from subordinates rather than superiors.

"Park the cars at the hotel's back door; don't affect the hotel's operations." Wang Chuanxing looked at the map on his phone, and only when they were almost there did he communicate via walkie-talkie.

The motorcade immediately turned and drove toward the back door.

Slap, slap.

Jiang Yuan was slapping the spacebar in his room. After pressing for a while, he picked up the phone.

The two police officers from the station who were insisting on standing guard in the living room subconsciously stood up straight. Jiang Yuan's somewhat familiar baritone voice was like a cold wind, making the tips of their hairs tremble slightly.

"A fingerprint was matched here. From my perspective, it's similar to the No. 7 fingerprint involved in the Lu City case. This No. 7 fingerprint from Lu City is too blurry, making it difficult to confirm they are the same, but I think it can be tentatively set as one. We can compare them again after catching the person. Simple image comparison is still quite difficult..."

The person on the other end of the phone Jiang Yuan was facing was no longer just Tang Jia, but the command center of the Shannan Provincial Anti-Drug Corps.

China is one of the countries with the best drug prevention and control, but this is not achieved because the number of drug traffickers and users is small, but because of the investment of massive anti-drug forces.

If the case Jiang Yuan was merging this time were a criminal or economic case, let alone the Corps, the Detachment might not even be able to spare the time for you. There were plenty of bigger, tougher, and older cases.

But because it was a drug-related case, from the moment Jiang Yuan started trying to merge the cases, the Anti-Drug Corps had already started coordinating through the Provincial Department.

If calculated solely by price or the number of people involved, economic crimes reaching the hundreds of millions or criminal investigations reaching three digits wouldn't necessarily receive this level of attention.

At this moment, Song Beishou of the Anti-Drug Corps on the other end of the phone said extremely politely, "Captain Jiang is right. The current evidence is enough to make an arrest. Let's wait until we bring the person back, and then we can slowly compare the other fingerprints involved..."

Jiang Yuan: "Alright, let's leave this fingerprint as is. I'll continue comparing the others."

Song Beishou's voice was soft: "Okay, okay. We have already ordered the local Anti-Drug Brigade to set off. Compare the fingerprints immediately after catching the person. In addition, I have given special instructions: you are allowed to shoot to kill on the spot, but you are not allowed to shoot the hands; you must preserve the fingerprints."

"This order is good. The No. 7 fingerprint involved in the Lu City case should be an important node in that drug network. If we can confirm that this suspect is the same person, the drug network in Lu City will also be connected."

"That's what I'm thinking too. As long as they are members of that drug network, no matter how big or small, they are all our evidence and clues." Song Beishou laughed heartily.

Jiang Yuan put down the phone, looked at the messages on WeChat, raised his head, and said, "Someone is here. Open the door."

Liu Ling, who had been sitting dully in the living room, hurriedly stood up and went to the door to look through the peephole, surprised to find his own director outside with a group of people.

"Captain Jiang." Kong Xueping entered the room, feeling even more surprised. He looked at his two subordinates in the living room, then at Jiang Yuan, and then at the crowd behind him, not knowing where to start.

"Wait a moment. Liu Ling, you go with Captain Wu to catch these few people." Jiang Yuan took out the photos he had prepared from the drawer, signed the room numbers where the photographer and his team members were staying on a piece of white paper, and handed it to Wu Junhao.

"Should we bring guns?" Wu Junhao put down the green canvas bag with a "thud." The sound of heavy metal colliding with the tile floor made Kong Xueping's head ache.

"Suspected drug traffickers; I don't know if they have guns," Jiang Yuan said.

"Understood." Wu Junhao leaned over to unzip the canvas bag and took out a shotgun.

Kong Xueping was truly panicked and hurriedly said, "No... this is..."

"Director Kong, let me introduce the situation to you." Jiang Yuan stopped Kong Xueping and let Wu Junhao and the others prepare themselves.

Jiang Yuan first explained his vacation plan and then said, "I didn't say anything before because some situations weren't quite certain. Now, I have basically straightened out the case. Let me report to you."

Jiang Yuan didn't wait for Kong Xueping to be modest and said, "First, after accidentally obtaining the fingerprints of the photographer and the photography assistant, because of reasonable suspicion and the photography assistant's criminal record, I determined that the photographer has a certain suspicion of being involved in the case."

Jiang Yuan: "Secondly, the photographer Wang Haoyu's fingerprint matched a drug case from four years ago involving the separation of people and goods, which proves that photographer Wang Haoyu is involved in drugs, and there is reason to believe that this photographer and the internet celebrities under him are likely all connected to the drug network to varying degrees."

Jiang Yuan then talked about the process of merging the cases and the participation of the Anti-Drug Corps.

Hearing the name of the Anti-Drug Corps, Kong Xueping didn't have another word of nonsense. He could only widen his eyes and say, "In other words, through one pimp and three prostitutes, you uncovered a drug network?"

"It hasn't been uncovered yet; it's currently being uncovered. It just so happens that our chartered plane has also arrived to support..." Jiang Yuan highly praised the necessity of the chartered plane support and, together with Kong Xueping, reported to the leaders on both sides respectively. ===== CHAPTER 831 =====