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After pondering for a while, Liu Qingyu directly called Zhou Shangwu who was in charge of the director's hotline: "Shangwu, did you transfer the call to report the smuggled luxury car just now?"

Zhou Shangwu nodded: "Yes, Director Liu."

"When he reported, besides saying that someone mixed the car in the wheat container tomorrow, did he mention any other information?" Liu Qingyu asked.

Zhou Shangwu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No, the whistleblower only mentioned this information." Speaking of this, Zhou Shangwu suddenly remembered something, and said with a slap on the forehead, "Oh, yes, this person also said this It's not the first time the other party has smuggled cars in, and it's not the first time he's reported it. If we don't ignore it this time, he won't report it in the future. This person seems to be interested in our police and customs anti-smuggling department. I have lost confidence, and this may be the last time the other party reported. However, we cannot be sure about the authenticity of the information he reported.”

Liu Qingyu nodded when he heard the words and said: "Well, the more this is the case, the more cautious we have to be. How about it, you and I will go to the Customs Clearance Depot in Lanshan City tomorrow, and we will have a look."

Hearing this, Zhou Shangwu couldn't help frowning and said, "Director Liu, I don't think it makes much sense whether you go or not."

Liu Qingyu couldn't help frowning: "What's going on?"

Zhou Shangwu said with a wry smile: "Director Liu, the thing is like this. Since the customs is a special department, in terms of administrative relations, although our Lanshan Customs is located in our Lanshan City, it belongs to the vertical leadership of the General Administration of Customs. It is very difficult for the local government to directly manage the Lanshan Customs, and the Lanshan Customs basically does not pay much attention to our Lanshan City. In particular, Li Qinghe, the head of the Lanshan Customs, was directly dispatched from the Provincial Customs. Yu Ding doesn’t buy much from our local government.”

Liu Qingyu's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he asked immediately, "What about the Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau? Isn't this unit a department under the joint leadership of the local government and the customs? They should always be under our management, right?"

Zhou Shangwu still shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Director Liu, what you said is true in principle, but in fact, when actually doing things, since the head of the anti-smuggling bureau is often the first deputy director of the customs, the anti-smuggling bureau is often the first deputy director of the customs. Whether the bureau is willing to cooperate with our local investigation and handling of smuggling depends on the attitude of the customs. The director of the anti-smuggling bureau of our Lanshan city, Zhou Zhihua, has a very close relationship with the chief of the bureau, Li Qinghe. On the other hand, they basically don't buy it. For the investigation and handling of smuggling, they often do their own work, and they basically ignore some of the information we feed back to them.

This is probably why the organizer is full of doubts about whether we can really handle the information he reported.And I can hear from his words that he was beaten and retaliated by some people for reporting.In other words, when he reported to the relevant department before, the relevant department did not keep him secret, and even told the informant about the informant. "

Hearing this, Liu Qingyu's face became even more gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, what a Lanshan City Anti-smuggling Bureau! Since they don't cooperate with our Lanshan City Public Security Bureau, then we can act on our own. Anyway, our Lanshan City Police Department also has the authority to investigate and deal with smuggling crimes according to the law. As long as their relevant leaders have not changed their minds, our Lanshan City Police Department will resolutely act according to the law and engage in our legitimate law enforcement activities according to the authority given to us by the law. .”

Zhou Shangwu still said with some concerns: "Director Liu, you are right, but I am worried that if this happens, the municipal anti-smuggling sub-bureau and the municipal customs will sue the superiors."

Liu Qingyu smiled disdainfully: "Complain? We enforce the law normally, so what are we afraid of!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Qingyu gave some orders to Zhou Shangwu before hanging up the phone.

At 7 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu had already gathered at the gate of the Municipal Bureau's compound, and then they drove directly to the customs clearance yard of Lanshan City.

When Liu Qingyu and the others arrived at the customs clearance freight yard, they passed outside the freight yard, and there was already a long queue of transport vehicles waiting to pass the loading and unloading.In the freight yard, there are piles of goods in containers next to each other, like a hill, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance.

It was already 8 o'clock in the morning when Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu arrived at the gate of the customs clearance yard.Lanshan City Customs has started to have cars entering the yard one after another, ready to load and unload goods.

Seeing this situation, without further ado, Liu Qingyu brought Zhou Shangwu to the Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau's residence, walked directly into the office of Zhou Zhihua, the deputy director of the customs and director of the Anti-smuggling Branch Bureau, and knocked on the door.

A majestic voice came from the room: "Come in."

Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu pushed the door open and entered.

Zhou Zhihua is a man in his 50s, bald, without a hat, with triangular eyes, big bags under the eyes, and a big belly.

At this moment, opposite Zhou Zhihua, sat a middle-aged man in his 40s. He had a Chinese character face and a large black handbag was placed at his feet. The handbag was bulging and looked very substantial.Seeing Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu walk in, this man kicked the handbag under Zhou Zhihua's table vigorously, as if trying to cover up something.

Zhou Zhihua frowned and looked at Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu and asked, "Who are you? Why did you come to me?"

Zhou Zhihua was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu, because according to the commuting time of the Customs in Lanshan City, it is usually around 8:8 to go to work here, and it is not yet [-] o'clock. But they went directly to their office to find themselves. Did they know that they would come early today?But after thinking about it again, these two people don't know each other, so the other party should not come to find him, it must be the wrong person.That's why I asked this question.

Liu Qingyu took a few glances at Zhou Zhihua before slowly saying, "Are you Comrade Zhou Zhihua?"

Hearing the word comrade, Zhou Zhihua's face became more wrinkled, and he said in a deep voice, "That's right, I'm Zhou Zhihua, are you?"

Liu Qingyu didn't say much, and directly took out his work ID and handed it to Zhou Zhihua, saying, "Hello, Comrade Zhou Zhihua, I am Liu Qingyu, Secretary of Lanshan Municipal Law Committee and Director of Lanshan City Public Security Bureau."

Zhou Zhihua took Liu Qingyu's work card and looked at it. After confirming that it was correct, he handed the work card back to Liu Qingyu. He forced a smile on his indifferent face and said, "Secretary Liu, I don't know why you are interested in it." Dajia came to our small place, what a rare visitor! I don’t know what’s the matter with you here?”

Although the words were said with a smile, it was obvious that Zhou Zhihua didn't have any welcome on his face.

Liu Qingyu didn't care about it, and said straight to the point: "Director Zhou, I came here today because we received a specific report that there are a large number of smuggled items among the goods to be cleared today, so I want to come here Cooperate with your customs anti-smuggling bureau to find out this batch of goods and seize them, so as to contribute to recovering our country's loss of customs duties."

After hearing Liu Qingyu finished speaking, the face of the man sitting opposite Zhou Zhihua changed in an instant. Although he quickly returned to normal, Liu Qingyu still noticed it sensitively. There seemed to be something wrong in his heart. Enlightenment.Then he stared at Zhou Zhihua closely, wanting to hear how he would answer.

After Zhou Zhihua heard Liu Qingyu's words, his face became gloomy at that time, and his tone was not as gentle as before: "Comrade Liu Qingyu, thank you very much for the information provided by the police. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau receives dozens or even hundreds of them every day, and if we have to carefully verify every piece of information, I am afraid that our small number of people in the Anti-Smuggling Bureau will be exhausted."

Liu Qingyu showed displeasure on his face: "It's okay, if your anti-smuggling bureau is afraid of being tired, our Lanshan City Public Security Bureau can cooperate with you to do things, so that you don't have to be so tired, and we can also complete our task." It's his duty."

Zhou Zhihua waved his hand vigorously and said: "There is no need for that. How our anti-smuggling bureau does things has our own set of procedures. As long as we follow this procedure, there will be no mistakes, and our customs has strict regulations. Even if smuggled goods are found, they cannot pass our review process, and we seized the goods during the process. So, Comrade Liu Qingyu, our customs There is no need to trouble your comrades in the local Public Security Bureau. I still have some distinguished guests to receive here, so I won’t keep you.”

While speaking, Zhou Zhihua picked up the teacup in his hand, opened the lid, and took a sip of the tea inside. The intention of serving tea as a farewell to guests was already very obvious.

Liu Qingyu smiled slightly at Zhou Zhihua when he heard the words: "Okay, then you can be busy, Director Zhou, and we won't bother you."

Not long after Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu walked out of the anti-smuggling bureau, Zhou Shangwu immediately said with a bit of dissatisfaction on his face: "Director Liu, this Zhou Zhihua is really too arrogant, he doesn't listen to us at all, directly Just intercepted what you said later, and clearly pointed out that we are not allowed to interfere with their customs affairs. This is too overbearing."

Liu Qingyu frowned and said, "Shang Wu, have you noticed the man sitting in Zhou Zhihua's office?"

Zhou Shangwu said: "I noticed that the handbag under his feet is very heavy. I guess it is very likely that it is full of cash."

Liu Qingyu asked: "Why do you say that?"

Zhou Shangwu said: "I have heard for a long time that cash transactions are popular at the Customs of Lanshan City. Generally, if the bosses of smuggled goods want to take the smuggled goods away from the customs clearance yard smoothly, they usually use the form of cash transactions directly. Bring the money to the office in charge of the leader, and leave the cash after clearing the code word and talking."