Chapter 560: Chapter 395 "Local Tyrant
Han Yu achieved victory in the first battle, and Zhao Hongxing didn’t disappoint either.
Among the two cases just solved, one definitely qualifies as a major case.
There’s no need to worry about not completing the crackdown mission, and with the seizures, there’s no need to fret about the funding for the upcoming severe crackdown.
Director He felt spirited with the good news, considering inviting Director Peng from the Water Police Station to visit Bailong Port together, to express their gratitude to the police and auxiliary police involved in the crackdown on waterborne cri when Han Yu’s call surprisingly ca first.
"Salted Fish, I was just about to co over to your place."
"Director He, you better not co today."
"Why, you’re not welcoming ?"
"It’s not that I’m not welcoming, it’s that there’s an urgent situation."
"What urgent situation?" Director He stood up subconsciously.
Without having the ti to greet Director Shi Shengyong from Four Factory Police Station, who had rushed over, Han Yu gripped the phone tightly and said, "The ships anchored at Yingchuan Port Anchorage have started moving, and Chen Xiaojuan’s gang has moved!"
Director He was taken aback and couldn’t help but laugh, "That’s a good thing. We’re not afraid of them moving; we fear they don’t. As long as they move, we can catch them red-handed and close the net."
"Director He, it’s not as simple as you think."
"What do you an?"
"Catching them in the act is easy, but it’s hard to arrest them all at once."
"Make it clear to . I don’t quite understand."
Han Yu steadied his mind and explained, "In the past few days, Chen Xiaojuan’s gang has been quite active in the Yingchuan Port Anchorage. From the surveillance by Xiao Yu and Liu Xinpei, we’ve learnt that Chen Xiaojuan’s gang has been in contact with more than just those two ships involved in the last iron ore transport."
"What’s the big deal with that?" Director He inquired.
"I’m sorry, Director He, I didn’t make it clear."
Han Yu organized his thoughts and analyzed, "We’ve just received news that a cargo ship fully loaded with imported coal has docked on the pier across from Yingchuan Port and is unloading the coal. There are a total of 30,000 tons of coal on the foreign ship, all set to be transported to Jiangcheng.
Loading the ship takes ti, filling an inland river cargo ship of about a thousand tons can take several hours, and these inland river cargo ships won’t return to the anchorage to wait after being loaded with coal; instead, they leave one by one after being loaded. In other words, when the first ship filled with coal arrives in Jiangcheng, the last ship might not have started loading yet."
Thinking it over, Director He suddenly realized, "Now that communication is so advanced, catching one in the act could alert the other ships!"
"If we catch the first one but miss the last, then it’s difficult to prove that those ships ahead were stealing on duty, even if they don’t escape outright."
"How about we check the weight during the unloading at the Jiangcheng docks?"
"Not every dock is equipped to weigh and asure cargoes. Besides, doing so would still alert the other ships."
"What should we do then?"
"Director He, when I last reported to the Bureau, I ntioned to you about finding a cara that could film even at night. If we could find one, we would just need to capture their stealing on duty, and we would have the evidence of their misconduct."
Caras that can film at night exist on television.
Not long ago, a legal program on the central television channel featured a case where police officers used a night-vision cara to record the entire process of the criminals committing their cris.
Director He fell silent for a mont and then asked with a wry smile, "Such advanced filming equipnt may be hard to find, but even if we do, will there be enough ti to get it?"
Han Yu eagerly said, "The loading has just started, and it will take at least four hours to fill the ships. The waterway in Yingchuan Port Waters is complex, and there are many kinds of vessels passing through, so it’s highly unlikely that they will choose to pilfer goods there. The waters around Lang Mountain, Binjiang Port, and Tiansheng Port are also not suitable for them to offload the coal.
Chen Xiaojuan’s gang are currently heading upstream, and I estimate that they will at least get to Gaoru Waters before they transfer the coal. Even if a coal-laden ship reaches Gaoru Waters, it will take at least five hours, and they are unlikely to offload the coal in broad daylight, aning we have at least twelve hours to prepare!"
"Okay, I will call the TV station now to see if they have that kind of filming equipnt."
"Binjiang TV Station doesn’t have one, you might ask the provincial station."
"How would I know soone from the provincial station? I’m not as familiar with them as you are with Binjiang or Jiangnan Province."
"Right, I’ll also call Reporter Wang."
It’s urgent.
Han Yu ended the call with the Bureau leader and imdiately called Reporter Wang.
Director Shi Shengyong, seeing him so busy, was too anxious to interrupt.
"Great, thank you, Uncle Wang. You’ve helped
a lot this ti. No need to worry about the car; as long as they can help, I’ll call Director Zhang to arrange for a car pick-up. Alright, I’ll wait for your news."
"Director Zhang, here’s the situation... Yes, yes, that gang. If we have evidence of their stealing on duty, I’ll dare to let them go. You arrange for soone to wait at the docks after they unload and follow them to see where they go. Once we have apprehended the last ship here, you can close the net over there at the sa ti."
There was progress in the case of over two thousand tons of iron ore theft.
Zhang Junyan was thrilled, but upon further thought, said helplessly, "Salted Fish, it will take at least twenty ships to transport thirty-thousand tons of coal. How many police do we have at Jiangcheng Branch? And we have even fewer law enforcent vessels, just one small speedboat. How can I keep an eye on all of them?"
Han Yu considered for a mont and spoke firmly into the phone, "Then let’s set a trap and wait for the rabbit. Once they unload the coal and leave the dock, in conjunction with Port Supervision, we’ll find an excuse to take control of the people and the ships, one by one after unloading. As long as we keep the operation confidential, it should be fine."
"That’s the only way then. You take care of gathering evidence, and I will hurry to contact Port Supervision to set up a pocket formation for them to fall into our trap!"
"Alright."
His phone call was not yet finished when his cellphone rang.
Han Yu picked up his cell phone. It was a call from the Chief. He quickly ended the landline call and answered the cell, "Director He, what’s up?"
"I just inquired at Binjiang TV Station; they don’t have equipnt capable of filming at night."
"It’s okay if they don’t have it, I just asked Reporter Wang from Binjiang Radio Station, and he said the provincial station has it. He’s helping
make the arrangents."
This is a very serious matter, Director He asked urgently, "Can we borrow it?"
Han Yu smiled and said, "Others might not be able to borrow it, but Reporter Wang should have no problem. Although he is a reporter from Binjiang, he has a high status in Jiangnan’s news industry. If he says it can be borrowed, then there will be no problem."
"Just borrowing the equipnt is useless, we don’t have anyone who can operate it!"
Director He, rest assured, we will borrow the operators as well. I just called Director Zhang, and as soon as Reporter Wang calls to speak with them, Director Zhang will arrange for a car to pick them up from the provincial station."
"That’s great, I knew you were a local tyrant, you handle these matters better than I do."
"What do you an local tyrant, Director He, are you praising
or criticizing ?"
"Praising you, of course!"
Seeing Old Comrade Shi started to speak and then stopped, Han Yu didn’t have ti to joke with the bureau leaders and quickly reported the arrest plan he had discussed with Director Zhang.
Deep down, Director He wished that the operation could take place on the Binjiang side.
But those inland river cargo ships transporting coal couldn’t possibly set off at the sa ti; their departures would be staggered. To catch them all in one sweep, they could only rely on Zhang Junyan’s side to do it.
Director He couldn’t express how regretful he was and pondered, "This plan is feasible, but can we make so adjustnts?"
"How should we adjust it?"
"We were mainly worried about catching the big fish but missing the small ones. Now that evidence collection is resolved, we could focus on catching the tail, the last few ships."
"That works too, I’ll discuss it with Director Zhang again. We’ll take care of catching the tail."
"Hurry and communicate with Director Zhang, and make it clear to him that we’re not trying to take credit. It’s just that after so much preliminary work and our comrades have been on the watch for so many days, if we were to just collect the evidence and call it done, it would dampen their enthusiasm for work."
"I understand, I get it."
...
At 2:21 p.m., Reporter Wang called to say that he had already arranged everything with the provincial station.
However, their equipnt was expensive, and they intended to send soone to help with the filming. They didn’t explicitly ask for money but intended to promote the image of the Changhang Bureau.
Promoting the image is essentially advertising, and advertising requires paying money.
Not knowing how much they wanted, Han Yu didn’t dare to agree and quickly called Director He again.
Director He’s stance was clear, this wasn’t just a matter for the Binjiang Branch; Han Yu should ask Director Zhang and Director Peng of the Water Police Station what they thought.
After making so calls and asking around, the eager-to-solve Zhang Junyan promised no matter the cost, the Changhang Jiangcheng Branch would pay half, and the remaining half would be split between the Changhang Binjiang Branch and the Binjiang Police Bureau Water Police Branch.
As for the future promotional image that the provincial station would create, the opportunity was simply given to the Water Police Station.
After all, compared to the Changhang Police, the Water Police Station needed more promotion.
Once everything was settled and all the necessary arrangents had been made, Han Yu finally had ti to chat with his neighbor.
"Director Shi, why did you co here in person, you could have just called
for anything!"
"So things I can call you for, but what I have to say today must be in person."
"What’s the matter?"
Shi Shengyong looked back at those behind him, pretending to be upset, "Director Yu, although I am not your senior, we are neighbors, friends, and partners! When you do things, you need to be fair and impartial; you can’t favor one side over the other."
Han Yu realized why he had co and asked with a smile, "Does the station have a lot of pressure to crack down on cri?"
"Since my appointnt, I’ve been enforcing strict asures all this ti. Those who deserved to be dealt with have been dealt with by
already, and those fugitives we could catch have also been brought back. Now they’ve assigned a whole bunch of crackdown tasks to our station; how do you expect
to complete them without making so false or wrongful cases?"
"You can report these conditions to Director Zhou."
"It’s no use reporting to him; he’s having an even harder ti. Last month he almost ended first from the bottom, and this month if no results are produced, he might really end up last and have to go on stage for self-criticism."
"What can be done then?"
"You can’t just be busy helping Fang Zhiqiang complete his tasks; you should also think about . You ca from the Four Factory Police Station. When your old unit is facing difficulty, you can’t just ignore it."
Completing the crackdown is targeted, and not eting targets makes life difficult.
And if you can’t complete it, soone else can.
The police are an institution that places a great emphasis on honor; nobody wants to be last.
Han Yu could understand the difficulties of his old neighbor and forr leader and said with a smile, "Over this past month we’ve collected quite a few leads, all of which are summarized with Director Jia. I’m just about to return to the dunship, and I can accompany you to see Director Jia. As long as it involves onshore activities, such as things that need to be verified, how about I include them in your tally?"
Far-off water can’t quench imdiate thirst.
Shi Shengyong grabbed Han Yu’s arm at once and asked with a smile, "The case you just reported over the phone must be a big one; can you include my Four Factory Police Station?"
"That case just now won’t work, didn’t you hear? There are already four parties involved, how would we report that to our superiors if there are any more?"
"But it’s only three branches. Your branch, Jiangcheng Branch, and the Water Police Station, right?"
"There’s also my second senior brother; he even sent soone to Hui’an for this case."
"You play favorites, why didn’t you tell
about this good thing earlier?"
"I didn’t tell him at the beginning either; he ca to
because he couldn’t complete his task!"
"What you are saying is that I ca too late?"
"Yeah."
"Alright then, let’s first go see Director Jia."
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