Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 271 Preparations
There's a little-known fact in China: when police investigate cases, whether criminal or administrative, those involving O (likely referring to a specific type of criminal organization), the procuratorate and courts are permitted to use entrapment tactics, professionally known as controlled delivery. However, those arrested under these circumstances are often treated leniently because the police indirectly "entice" them.

In short, the police have their informants pose as drug dealers or users, contacting people with prior convictions in their database via phone or WeChat. Once the person is lured in, their phone is confiscated to check chat and call logs, and a full range of tests including urine and hair follicle analysis are conducted. If there are no problems and the person is innocent, they are released.

Of course, those who take the bait will most likely be caught by the police. Actually, saying most likely is too cautious. Based on Chen Shu's years of fishing experience, 100% of the people who come are either drug addicts, traffickers, or errand runners. In short, once someone comes, something is definitely going to happen, without exception.

Chen Shu, who was sitting in his office racking his brains over the source of case leads, received a call from Li Chaoyang, the police officer on duty, and his furrowed brows immediately broke into a smile.

What do you think police officers like to do most?

That must mean they're up to no good!

They called Zhu Chaoran, who was playing "Teamfight Tactics" on the sofa, and the two immediately left the office and headed straight for the duty hall on the first floor.

Chen Shu instructed Zhu Chaoran to stay next to the person who reported the case and keep an eye on them. Chen Shu then called Li Chaoyang to a corner of the corridor and had a brief discussion about the case.

Chen Shu exhaled a breath of stale air and asked seriously, "Chaoyang, tell me about the situation of this case."

Li Chaoyang's expression was solemn. He held up his right hand and made an "eight" gesture, then said in a deep voice, "Senior brother, that person reported that there are eight kilograms of goods."

This first thing completely baffled Chen Shu, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Fifty grams would cost you your head, and this guy who just appeared out of nowhere is talking about eight kilograms? This is ridiculous."

Chen Shu's first reaction was that this person was hallucinating from excessive drug use.

As usual, he instructed two plainclothes officers to stand on either side of the person behind him in the duty hall, while he announced that he would take the person to the case-handling area.

The large iron gate to the investigation area slammed open with a series of loud bangs, immediately startling the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man felt a chill run down his spine. Pointing to the large iron gate of the investigation area, which looked like the entrance to a cage, he asked tremblingly, "Officer, I came here to report a crime, why are you locking me up?"

Chen Shu's face fell: "You can report the case, but you need to take a urine test first."

This is a tactic of intimidation. Apart from applying for an ID card or transferring household registration, most people have hardly ever been to a police station in their lives. If they are suddenly surrounded by several police officers and then threatened like this, they are very likely to back down.

And this method has always worked when dealing with cases that are obviously dogfights; it's an experience passed down by word of mouth among veteran comrades over the years.

The law enforcement environment is much more civilized nowadays. In the past, police treated drug users and traffickers like dirt. If someone came in, they would be detained on the bars for several hours without asking any questions.

Here, two plainclothes officers from Zhongshan Police Station took the middle-aged man to the information collection room in the case-handling area to begin entering and verifying information according to the procedures. After that, they took him to the interrogation room in the case-handling area.

In the interrogation room, Chen Shu glanced at the personnel information sheet on the table, held up the negative urine test strip, and, adopting an air of complete control, bluffed:
"Li Yunqi, it's rare to see someone like you take drugs and then walk right into the police station to walk into our trap. Do you think you can get away with it just because you filed a report?"

As soon as Chen Shu finished speaking, the middle-aged man called Li Yunqi's face immediately fell. He raised his hand and slapped himself twice, muttering curses in his provincial accent. "Fine, no need for hair follicle testing." He'd confessed; he must have been using it for a while, which was why the test strip didn't show anything. Chen Shu casually tossed the useless test strip into the trash can under the table and waited quietly for the other man to quiet down.

Urine tests can only detect ketamine use within the past week. Use beyond that week cannot be detected using test strips provided by the police station. Currently, the most advanced testing method is hair follicle testing, which can detect ketamine use if the individual has used it within the past six months.

Li Yunqi sat in the chair and vented his emotions for a while before finally calming down.

Chen Shu followed the procedure and conducted the questioning, finally clarifying the cause and effect of the case.

(Author's note: Due to the inclusion of inappropriate content, all of this has been deleted.)

Simply put, Li Yunqi, whose life has been ruined, is preparing for revenge.

In his own opinion, he had given up entirely.

In the Zhongshan Police Station, on the third floor, in the comprehensive security office, all the security team members were gathered.

Li Chaoyang sat on the sofa, flipping through Li Yunqi's statement: "Senior brother, judging from the statement, we can only confirm that Lao Xi only supplied Li Yunqi. It doesn't seem like a big case."

Chen Shu shook his head, his tone certain: "This must be a big fish. I don't even need to check his call logs to know he has a lot of business. Just think about it, someone has been delivering goods steadily for three years, tsk tsk, he must have a lot of channels and suppliers. You were just a small fish before, but now you're rolling in fat."

"So fat?" Zhu Chaoran, who had been sitting silently to the side, pinched his own large belly that had been squeezed out by sitting in the chair, and looked at him with some empathy. "Then let's do it. Brother Shu, I'll listen to you."

Li Chaoyang quickly organized the relevant documents in his hand and put them into a file folder. He said thoughtfully, "Brother Shu, should we keep this fat fish alive a little longer? We've almost completed our targets for this 'Breaking the Ice' operation. Or should we wait for the bureau's '100-Day Operation' next month before making the arrest?"

Veteran comrade Wang Chongming explained with a smile to his younger colleague Li Chaoyang, "Fish farming? We might not even have fish for a few days before our brother unit takes them all. Everyone, get ready, we'll start tonight."

Liu Zhongwu nodded repeatedly with a smile, almost laughing so hard he tilted his head back.

It seems these two old guys have had quite a few disagreements about this "stealing someone's pot bottom" incident.

"Dry!"

Xiaoqiang was the first to speak up.

The morale of the security team at Zhongshan Institute is extremely high.

(End of this chapter)