I am a super cop

Chapter 468 Underground Vault

The next morning.

The third team of criminal investigation of the Furong branch, everyone came to work as usual.

Today is Christmas Eve, and it is also the second day for all of us to work.

Due to adapting to yesterday's work intensity, everyone seems to be a little more comfortable with today's work.

Lu Weiwei still passed the short free time with snacks.

He Junchao immediately brought a new promotional poster from the van downstairs.

Officer Wang and Officer Ding brought a thief to the interrogation room, and they caught him when they met on the bus.

And Gu Chen is still sorting out the copy...

However, for Gu Chen, who has a professional memory, coupled with super fast hand speed, it can be completed in a very short time.

But just 5 minutes after the working hours, the landline phone in the office rang.

Gu Chen stretched his body, and went directly to answer the call: "Hi, this is the Criminal Investigation Group [-] of the Furong Sub-bureau. Do you need any help? What? Okay, I see, we will send someone there right away."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and asked Gu Chen, "What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu? You look nervous."

"On the street where the gas pipeline leaked yesterday, the underground vault of a jewelry company was robbed. The lost jewelry may be huge," Gu Chen said.

"What? Someone robbed the jewelry company's underground vault?" Lu Weiwei was stunned for a moment, then asked weakly: "The underground vault is very impressive just by hearing its name, so the safety factor should be quite high. How could it be looted?"

"Didn't the whole street lose power yesterday?" Gu Chen suddenly remembered something.

Lu Weiwei snapped her fingers: "Yes, could it be because of the explosion?"

"It's hard to say now." Gu Chen looked at the time, and hurriedly said: "We have to go over quickly to take a look. In addition, I have to inform Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong to go to the scene for reinforcements and maintain order."

Lu Weiwei said: "Let me inform you, you go and call Old Wang."

"What do you want me to do?" Just as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Police Officer Wang just walked in from the door and heard Lu Weiwei calling himself.

"At the intersection of Rose Street, the underground vault of a jewelry company was ransacked. The command center asked us to deal with it immediately." Gu Chen didn't have time to say more, and directly threw Officer Wang's equipment to him.

Officer Wang was also stunned when he heard that, he quickly took off his casual clothes and said, "That's all right, you go and drive first, and I'll come after I change my clothes."

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Not long after, the three of them drove to the intersection of Rose Street, the entrance of a company called Jixiang Jewelry Company.

At this moment, Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, who were patrolling nearby, and some auxiliary policemen had already arrived at the scene.

Everyone pulled out a cordon around the perimeter to make all the onlookers back.

It was also when Gu Chen got off the car and came to the scene, Ding Liang hurried forward and said, "Gu Chen, you are finally here."

"How is the situation at the scene?" Gu Chen also asked while walking, his steps were as fast as the wind.

Ding Liang also quickened his pace and followed: "The loss is a bit heavy. More than 100 of the more than 40 safes in the underground vault have been pried open, and the value is still being counted."

"How could this be?" Gu Chen also frowned, and walked directly in front of a man wearing the uniform of Jixiang Jewelry Company.

He glanced at the man's badge and asked, "Are you the manager here?"

"That's right, I'm the manager of Auspicious Jewelry Company, and my name is Liu Ping."

The middle-aged manager also looked terrified, as if he hadn't recovered from the shadow just now.

"What's going on?" Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder and asked him.

"Our treasury was pried open. I...we are finished. We must have lost a lot this time." When the manager said this, he was so annoyed that he squatted on the ground directly, as if he was about to cry.

"Manager Liu, can you please stand up and talk?" Officer Wang also frowned.

Liu Ping immediately stood up with a sad face and said: "Comrade police, you have to help us. These lost jewels are stored by many merchants on this street. If they are not found, our company will be ruined."

"Don't worry." Gu Chen took out the notebook that he carried with him, then bit open the pen cover with his teeth, and asked him: "Tell me what happened on your side, what is the situation in your company? Also, other jewelers Why are things stored in your company?"

"That's right." Seeing that Gu Chen didn't know much about his company, Liu Ping explained, "We are a jewelry trading company, and there are many jewelry merchants near Rose Street."

"We have been operating in this street for decades, and gradually formed this industrial chain."

"Because our company does not only do some jewelry transactions, but as early as ten years ago, the boss designed an underground vault under the storefront that he bought, and the security factor is also extremely high."

"In addition to storing some important jewelry of the company, we also accept storage business from other merchants at the same time."

"Wait." Gu Chen looked up at Liu Ping, and asked him with some doubts: "Do other jewelers trust you so much? Will they choose to store their precious jewelry in your underground vault?"

"That's right." Liu Ping nodded and explained, "Because our vault is said to be impossible to break into, and the security factor is also extremely high."

"Because many merchants had their jewels stolen before, but our auspicious jewelry company's treasury was impregnable, so some merchants began to approach our boss, hoping to temporarily store more expensive jewelry in our auspicious jewelry company. The underground vault of the jewelry company."

"At that time, our underground vault had a lot of spare space, so the boss agreed and accepted this business."

"Afterwards, more and more jewelers chose to store in our company's underground vault. Until now, basically the precious jewelry of the entire Rose Street is stored here."

Gu Chen nodded and continued to ask him: "Then when was your company's underground vault ransacked?"

"But... maybe it was last night." Liu Ping said.

Gu Chen frowned: "Could it be that none of you are on night shift?"

Liu Ping became even more panicked: "Didn't there be an explosion caused by a gas pipeline leak yesterday? The surrounding circuits were all interrupted, and the same is true for our building, but fortunately we have our own power supply system."

"However, due to the power outage throughout the day yesterday, many merchants on this street chose to close their doors."

"We persisted until six in the afternoon. Seeing that the power supply system on Rose Street hadn't been restored, and the merchants on the entire street had gone home, the employees complained, so I temporarily agreed to let everyone go home on vacation. "

"It can't be such a coincidence?" Lu Weiwei suddenly felt a little suspicious, so she quickly asked him: "According to what you said, you actually let everyone in the company go home on vacation during this special period? Are you concerned about the company's security? So relieved?"

He was also at a loss when asked by Lu Weiwei, Liu Ping was in a bad mood, and replied weakly: "Who would have thought that someone would choose to steal the underground vault on this day, and I was forced to do nothing. , after all, the whole street is on holiday, so I can't justify not giving them a holiday."

"Besides, our underground vault has never been stolen. Even when other jewelry stores were stolen ten years ago, the underground vault of our Auspicious Jewelry Company is still fine."

"It is precisely because of this that other merchants are willing to store their precious jewelry in our lucky company, but I never expected that my entire underground vault would be looted after I just slacked off for a night."

Liu Ping couldn't hide his panic at this moment, and said tremblingly: "If you can't catch these thieves, then I might be in bad luck."

"Does your underground vault have an automatic alarm system?" Gu Chen suddenly asked again.

Liu Ping was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Yes."

"Then did it ring yesterday?" Gu Chen said.

At this moment, Liu Ping was a little flustered. He was about to speak, but suddenly stopped.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also asked him directly: "Have you heard the alarm system go off yesterday? You should know this, right?"

"Yes... yes." Liu Ping spoke in a very low voice, not even daring to raise his head.

Officer Wang was also very angry: "The alarm system is sounding, so how can it be stolen? Is this the security work?"

Liu Ping remained silent, still lowering his head.

But a female staff member in uniform said: "Our alarm system is a bit old, and some abnormal situations often occurred before, and false alarms often occurred."

"So you, as the manager, didn't check last night?" Gu Chen said.

When Liu Ping heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, that's not the case. I did receive a remote alarm last night, but at that time I did the same thing as my colleague said, thinking it was another false alarm."

"So I called a security guard on our company floor to have a look, and he told me that everything in the vault was normal and there was nothing unusual about it."

"He also showed me the scene with a video. Nothing happened at the time, so I didn't take it seriously, but... who would know? The gang of thieves ransacked just last night. I... I'm also defenseless."

Liu Ping followed Gu Chen to the lobby, and Gu Chen then asked, "Call me the security guard who was on the night shift yesterday."

"He doesn't go to work today." Liu Ping looked at Gu Chen's slightly changed face, so he said again: "But I have already called him to tell him to come here quickly. I guess he should be on the way now."

"Manager Liu." Just as Liu Ping finished speaking, a middle-aged man in casual clothes walked into the hall quickly.

Liu Ping quickly introduced to Gu Chen: "This is Lao Zhang, the security guard who was on duty last night. He was on the night shift last night. You can ask him any questions you have."

He was also confused by the sudden situation, and the security guard Zhang was also taken aback for a moment, then walked to Liu Ping, and asked him in a low voice: "Manager Liu, our underground vault...has really been pried into?" opened?"

"Is it still fake?" Liu Ping looked at him and was a little annoyed, and directly said angrily: "Didn't you say you were fine last night? But what's going on now? If those merchants who store jewelry come to Xingshi later to ask the teacher, you let what should I do?"

"But... but it was really fine last night. You, Manager Liu, have to speak with your conscience." The security guard Lao Zhang also panicked, and quickly defended:

"Doesn't our alarm system often have problems? It often makes false alarms. I also checked the underground vault yesterday according to your request, and there is indeed no problem."

"And I also showed you the live video. You said it was a false alarm at the time. Now that something is wrong, you can't throw all the problems on me."

Afraid of getting burned, the security guard Zhang turned pale with fright, and quickly disassociated himself from the theft of the underground vault.

"Stop arguing." Gu Chen also saw that the two began to blame each other, so he said to the security guard Lao Zhang: "Since you were the security guard on the night shift last night, you are also very responsible for the theft of the underground vault."

"I'm wronged." When the security guard Zhang heard this, he was very anxious, and hurriedly said, "Didn't there be an accident yesterday? Everyone is on vacation, and of course I am also on vacation."

"But in the middle of the night, Manager Liu called me again and said that the alarm system of the underground vault had sounded again, and asked me to check it out."

"You have to know that it's very cold at night, and I have to climb out of the bed and ride a battery car to the company with my clothes on. It's not easy for me."

"Besides, I also checked the vault, and there's nothing wrong with it. Of course I have to go back to sleep. After all, I didn't go to work last night."

"You didn't go to work last night?" Officer Wang frowned, then looked at Liu Ping and said, "That means there was no one in your building last night, right?"

Liu Ping was completely panicked at this moment, and didn't know what to say, so he could only nod in a daze.

"It's just nonsense." Officer Wang also shook his head, pointed to the big hole in the wall of the underground vault, and said angrily, "This wall must be more than one meter thick? It is impossible to drill such a big hole without large tools." .”

"But even if you want to use large tools, it will inevitably make a huge noise, but you are pigs? Knowing that this kind of situation occurs on Rose Street during the day, you are unattended at night?"

"Comrade police, calm down first." Seeing Police Officer Wang's inability to complain about the management loopholes in Jixiang Jewelry Company, the security guard Lao Zhang also comforted him: "It can't be all our fault, after all, the power was turned on very late last night. Everyone They don't work overtime."

"How do we know that these thieves will choose to steal that night? If we know that there is such a thing, we will definitely arrange someone to be on duty."

"Forget it." Police officer Wang also waved his hand, and he didn't want to say anything more: "There is no if now, and if it is useful? If you can get back the stolen jewelry?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Several staff members of Jixiang Jewelry also nodded and said yes when they saw Police Officer Wang get angry.

After Gu Chen observed the underground vault for a while, he also came to Police Officer Wang.

"How is it? Gu Chen." Officer Wang asked.

"It's about the same as I imagined." Gu Chen also said helplessly: "Heavy tools must be used in the whole crime process. Ordinary small drills can't penetrate this wall, and the movement must be quite large."

"That's right." Lu Weiwei quickly answered, "Usually when the upstairs is being renovated, as long as the small drill rings, the whole unit can hear it clearly."

"Just last night, there was such a big commotion, did no one pay attention? Obviously impossible."

"It's possible." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen retorted directly.

Lu Weiwei was stunned: "Is... possible?"

"Yes." Gu Chen took two steps outside, pointed outside and said, "Last night, the roadside was under construction all the time, and many construction teams were there. I think these thieves must have made use of the construction outside. The frequency of the noise covers up the movement of drilling the wall."

"Eh?" was also said by Gu Chen, and police officer Wang suddenly realized: "According to what you said, it makes sense. When the machine outside starts to work, the tools inside also start to work. When the machine outside stops, the machine inside also stops. , so that you can cover your own noise."

Gu Chen nodded, crossed his hands and rested his chin, and said calmly: "If this is the case, then these thieves are not easy. It is obvious that they have already prepared it. The underground vault seems to be the target they have already planned to steal."

"If you are not well prepared, it will be difficult to complete such a series of large-scale projects in such a short period of time. I think this must be premeditated."

"So, the leak of the gas pipeline by the side of the road and the subsequent explosion are all related to these thieves?" Lu Weiwei also heard Gu Chen's words, and she had some new ideas in her heart.

Gu Chen shook his head: "It's hard to say, but if it's just a coincidence, it can at least show that these thieves seized the opportunity, because if I were a thief and I had a long-term and careful plan, I would definitely not let it go This time."

"That is to say, these thieves may have been planning to rob the underground vault of Jixiang Jewelry Company a long time ago, and this gas pipeline incident just allowed them to seize the opportunity?" Police Officer Wang also felt terrified after careful consideration, as if this It was a premeditation.

Gu Chen nodded: "Yes, because the modus operandi is very sophisticated, it doesn't look like a novice, or some inexperienced thieves, because it is difficult for one or two people to complete this project and bring large tools into the floor of."

"This must be a crime committed by a gang, and these people seem to be very familiar with the internal structure of Jixiang Jewelry Company."

Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, the staff who were a little flustered before became even more flustered now.

Everyone looked at each other, as if they felt that each other might be a member of the robbery case of the underground vault. Usually they were not visible, but at the critical moment, they ransacked the vault in just one night.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

Seeing that everyone was overly nervous, Gu Chen also smiled and said: "You don't have to do this, and I didn't say that this matter is related to you."

Seeing everyone's mood eased, Gu Chen calmed down and said, "However, these thieves must have made careful arrangements for a long time, maybe a few months, maybe a year, or even a few years, because like Opportunities like yesterday are rare, and these people will not be unaware."

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(End of this chapter)