552: Chapter 505: Deceased 552: Chapter 505: Deceased Jiang Yuan carefully lifted the fingerprints from the threads, made a copy, and photographed them.
For the average trace examiner, extracting fingerprints from a round object is already quite challenging.
It is akin to turning a curved surface into a flat one.
Jiang Yuan once dealt with a cold case involving fingerprints on the crossbeam of a bicycle.
Due to substandard extraction techniques, it made identification difficult.
Extracting fingerprints from threads was even more difficult, but fortunately, the threads were very fine.
Although this could lead to the loss of key points, it would not turn the fingerprints into a 3D curved surface.
Jiang Yuan proceeded with caution, first taking photographs, then dusting with powder, lifting the prints, and photographing them again.
The process was complicated and ti-consuming, but once extracted and entered into the system, it would beco a regular fingerprint, ready for normal comparison operations.
Jiang Yuan didn’t rush to process other fingerprints.
He beckoned Mu Zhiyang over, opened his laptop, and logged into the backend system to compare the fingerprints right away.
“Guo Baozhi, male…
deceased…
Hmm, died 3 years ago…” Jiang Yuan read with a bit of regret.
Dying was good; it just wasn’t very cooperative.
Mu Zhiyang, squatting next to him holding the laptop, glanced at the screen and said, “Does that an this drug manufacturing factory has been operating for at least three years?
Man, how much money did they make?”
“The main reason a drug manufacturing plant can’t produce continuously is because of a shortage of raw materials.” Jiang Yuan didn’t know much about drug enforcent, and his knowledge of physical and chemical testing was only what he had learned in school, but after catching up on information the night before, he already had so understanding of the dostic drug situation.
What are called new drugs are actually synthetic drugs, industrial compounds.
These substances can increase production significantly compared to traditional opium heroin or cocaine.
Without constraints, a complete reaction cycle could theoretically yield tons of product in a matter of a few days, representing low-end production capacity.
Almost a hundred years ago, Nazi Germany managed to produce enough thamphetamine to supply a million people.
If large chemical enterprises started producing without restrictions, it wouldn’t be difficult to operate on a scale of hundreds of tons.
In Jiang Yuan’s view, the current Zolpidem production line faced the sa issue.
Drug addicts are not exactly dedicated enthusiasts; they’re not like connoisseurs who must have drugs produced in a certain way from a specific place.
Drug addicts give all their love to drugs; as long as it sses with their brains, they like it.
Therefore, this underground production line could now be used to produce Zolpidem, but it might have been used for other substances before or after.
Controlling the production of new drugs is challenging within China.
As a leading manufacturing powerhouse, a small factory in a Chinese township could exceed the output of an entire country.
They supply other industrial, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies, typically with one or two types of chemical interdiates.
Non-specialists would find the nas tireso, making it difficult to determine the properties of the products, synthetic pathways, or information regarding by-products.
From this perspective, foreigners’ preference for plant-based drugs isn’t so much about affection for leaves but rather that their shrinking manufacturing industry makes leaves more accessible.
Especially with the developnt of hydroponic leaf cultivation, leaves have beco rampant.
The Huang Li Drug Trafficking Gang placing their production equipnt in an underground basent in the city multiplied the secrecy tenfold.
However, in Jiang Yuan’s estimation, its original form must have been different; it likely required a substantial profit before considering such upgrading actions.
Even so, the engineers or workers responsible for installation would have clearly known what they were doing…
and people around them might also know sothing.
“Give Director Liu a call, report the situation,” Jiang Yuan said as he roughly flipped through Guo Baozhi’s information.
There wasn’t much in the backend, but a visit might yield so results.
He was confident that Liu Jinghui, with his deductive skills, would probably co to these conclusions without needing to elaborate.
Jiang Yuan then looked at the complete set of Zolpidem production equipnt in front of him—several large tanks, nurous pipes, and the more technically challenging drying machines, pulverizers, mixers, and tablet presses…
Theoretically, a production line like this could be assembled simply by purchasing cheap chemical manufacturing equipnt from the market…
The real challenges were the sources of the input material and the disposal of outputs, including waste and exhaust gases from production.
“Take photos first,” Jiang Yuan said, knowing that the initial cri scene investigation had already produced countless pictures, but this evidence and these clues were still the most crucial, and he had to do his job thoroughly.
Lu Tongda, carrying a cara, hurriedly took photos.
The detectives preferred using caras, as specialized equipnt made it easier to organize afterwards and allowed them to shoot more pictures.
Jiang Yuan continued to look for fingerprints on the surrounding workbenches.
Most appeared very similar to those he rembered, so he took the PAD and compared a few areas, confirming his suspicions.
He then focused on places like the feed ports.
He directed Mu Zhiyang to dismantle a feed port and carefully check.
If nothing was found, they would move on to the next one…
The reason for dismantling the feed ports was that they were relatively easy to remove.
Taking apart large equipnt was troubleso if it couldn’t be reassembled.
Such destructive checks should naturally be perford last.
After dismantling three feed ports in quick succession, they indeed found three more fingerprints.
It seed that the installation personnel had not been careful or had disregarded basic protocols; not wearing gloves when they should have and not cleaning and disinfecting properly.
Of course, their custors didn’t care either.
“One print is Guo Baozhi’s, and the other two are Li Chunqiu’s…
34 years old, also deceased,” Jiang Yuan read from the computer screen, his expression darkening slightly.
Both of them had worked for the drug trafficking gang and had died young.
Likely, their deaths weren’t due to natural causes.
“They have a matured system for murder,” Jiang Yuan comnted.
This was the most concerning issue about criminal organizations—their thods of destabilizing society were constantly deepening and expanding.
The stability and safety of today’s society are built upon such an unstable foundation.
The best way to maintain them is through sweeping arrests, and preferably, the death penalty.
Otherwise, detention facilities actually run the risk of technical diffusion, considering the relatively high degree of freedom in dostic prisons.
“Send a ssage to Director Liu,” Jiang Yuan didn’t even feel the need to make a phone call.
Lu Tongda quickly did as told, while Mu Zhiyang continued to wield the footprint light, helping Jiang Yuan search for clues.
For the next few hours, Jiang Yuan circled around the production line.
He knew that the production line was the primary focus of the initial investigating officers, but that didn’t an Jiang Yuan could dismiss it.
By the afternoon, when the cooldown ti in the system interface ended, Jiang Yuan decisively used the temporary 1 skill on cri scene investigation.
The LV4 skill climbed to LV5 in one go, and Jiang Yuan’s eyes nearly burst with light.
His attention and concentration had greatly improved, along with his judgnt, and Jiang Yuan began to develop so ideas about the overall layout of the scene.
For instance, the ventilation fan was installed lower than usual, which was clearly made for easier repair, replacent, and control.
The process of manufacturing drugs has a sll, and it can be quite strong.
The Huang Li Drug Trafficking Gang must have considered many thods before choosing this one.
Jiang Yuan asked for a stool, climbed up, and after scrutinizing for half a minute, he dismantled the ventilation fan.
Upon closer inspection, fingerprints appeared inside.
Jiang Yuan collected each one, and this ti, they identified a newcor.
“Finally found one who is still alive for the ti being,” Jiang Yuan exhaled, still forwarding the clues to Liu Jinghui.
Looking at Jiang Yuan getting into the zone, Mu Zhiyang thought to himself, could this be the Jiang Yuan backed by Wu Jun’s support?
After the temporary upgrade of the cri scene investigation to LV5, Jiang Yuan successively discovered four sets of fingerprints and footprints, as well as traces from two tools, which he deed valuable.
Jiang Yuan’s cri scene investigation began to attract attention once again.
In terms of professionalism and difficulty, cri scene investigation is sowhat less complex than other forensic skills, especially those like anthropology.
Therefore, in places like the Changyang City Criminal Police Detachnt or similar institutions like the Criminal Sciences Center, it isn’t uncommon to find officers with a cri scene investigation level of LV2 and above.
Even LV3 cri scene investigation techniques should be mastered by so.
Hence, when Jiang Yuan used his LV4 cri scene investigation skills for a second sweep, the challenge was still significant.
After the level upgrade to LV5, the results were entirely different.
It was as if the difficulty of the exam had been reduced, with the proportion of students scoring 60 points increasing dramatically, and those reaching 70 or 80 points also seeing a significant rise.
However, those reaching 90 points were still rare, and the proportion at 95 points remained a steep pyramid.
As Jiang Yuan kept sending information to Liu Jinghui, more and more detective teams were dispatched.
Soon, various stories began to circulate in the WeChat groups:
“I heard Jiang Yuan has started killing again.”
“Fierce and raging eh, the kind that feels no flavor in food if they don’t kill for three days.”
“If this drug trafficking gang is completely arrested because of this, I’ll go three days without eating.”
“I heard that Jiang Yuan’s master ca to help, and then Jiang Yuan started to find evidence all at once.”
“Must be so really amazing expert.”
“Definitely, the old experts may not be like the young folks today, knowing so many new technologies and maybe not having had systematic professional training, but the stuff they co up with, so of it is truly ingenious, it might look like superstition to us, but when the results co out, you can’t help but be convinced.”
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