Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 525 What does it mean to be utterly heinous!
A week later.

The conference room of Ruijiang Municipal Public Security Bureau was full of people. In addition to the leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and Luo Rui and others, there were also people from the Border Management Office, Interpol and the Ministry of Public Security.

The search in Litian Village, Zhangfeng Town, lasted for several days. All kinds of evidence and the remains of the victims have been collected, and the entire investigation has lasted for a week.

The sheer number of victims sent chills down everyone's spines. Staring at the piles of white bones displayed on the big screen, everyone frowned and remained silent.

Fortunately, one of the victims, Bai Fang, was rescued.

After several days of rest, her mental state stabilized. Qiao Xue and Lin Chen questioned her multiple times and reviewed the collected statements. The entire course of events has become clear.

Because the meeting was of such a high level, the grassroots police officers of Ruijiang City Bureau were not qualified to attend. Even Meng Liangping from the Public Security Detachment was reprimanded and sent away by the old director when he tried to squeeze in.

Because of Luo Rui's connections, two local police officers from Dafosi Police Station, Pang Peng and Zhao Yan, were allowed to attend the meeting.

The two men sat against the wall, far from the conference table, but they were very excited.

Looking around, almost everyone was wearing white shirts; they rarely saw these important figures on a regular basis.

Even their own director, Zhou Tongxian, wasn't qualified to attend the meeting, so you can imagine how excited they were.

The two men sat upright with their backs straight, holding notebooks and pens, ready to take notes at any time.

The meeting was chaired by Deputy Director Liang Weihua. This week, he led the Criminal Investigation Detachment and the Criminal Investigation Brigade of each jurisdiction to investigate almost all the fraud gangs in Ruijiang City.

He thoroughly investigated Litian Village in Zhangfeng Town, tracing the criminal gang led by Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing, which was involved in fraud, kidnapping, human trafficking, and murder.

Liang Weihua stood up, cleared his throat, and said, "Comrades, regarding this major criminal case No. 109, which involves serious criminal offenses such as fraud, kidnapping, and murder, with the help of Director Luo of the Provincial Department, our Ruijiang Municipal Bureau has thoroughly investigated the matter. Let me report on our work."

He paused, waiting for the leaders' opinions. Seeing that no one spoke, Liang Weihua continued, "Upon investigation, it was found that Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing started their fraudulent activities in December of the year before last, using the name of a travel agency."

Their investigation revealed that these two individuals had extremely close ties to the Kayin State telecom fraud industrial park in Myanmar.

Behind them is a man surnamed Lin, who has deep connections in Myanmar and is likely one of the owners of the Kayin State telecom fraud industrial park.

Besides Mr. Lin, there was another woman named Hu Jing, who was probably part of the same group.

We have already asked Interpol and foreign affairs departments to investigate this.

Let's start with Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing. Their travel agency is called "Ma Jun". According to our investigation, Ma Jun Travel Agency has an office near Dafosi Temple.

However, this company is a shell company, and no official records can be found.

After finding this place, we learned from the landlord that Ma Jun Travel Agency had moved out at the end of last year, meaning it had been in business for more than a year.

During this year, Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing searched for prey online, deceiving tourists from other places into coming to travel, and providing a one-stop service from airport pickup to accompanying them.

Moreover, Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing recruited a number of employees, who were laid off at the end of last year.

After collecting these people's testimonies and making detailed comparisons, we discovered that among the tourists who had entrusted Ma Jun Travel Agency to come and travel, as many as twelve of the wealthier tourists had gone missing.

After a thorough search of Li Jiang's home in Litian Village, our technicians matched the remains of five men and women with clothing and shoes hidden in Li Jiang's home and with the skeletal remains compared by provincial experts.

In other words, these people have been killed!
Among them was a teenager.

Liang Weihua paused, and the hand holding the document trembled slightly.

The large screen displayed photos of the five individuals, along with skeletal remains collected from the scene and expert reports comparing the findings.

In the silence, Luo Rui spoke up: "What about the others? Did they all go to Krenbang?"

Liang Weihua nodded: "That's right, because the families of these victims all received calls from them, asking for money under various pretexts, or deceiving relatives and friends into going to Myanmar to do business. In this way, a lot of people were implicated."

A businessman who runs a jade business in the country was scammed and lost tens of millions of yuan.

One person scams another, creating a chain reaction. When our police officers visited these families, some had even received scam calls from relatives.

Luo Rui asked, "Director Liang, have all the identities of these victims been verified?"

Liang Weihua shook his head: "President Luo, it won't be that fast. We only matched these victims with information from the employees hired by Ma Jun Travel Agency."

Among the skeletal remains collected from Li Jiang's home, the identities of some victims remain unclear; their names are unknown.

Luo Rui nodded, his eyes half-closed, and remained silent.

Then, Qiao Xue stood up and reported the testimony she had obtained from Bai Fang.

She, Xie Fei, and Wu Xue left the Sheraton Hotel on the afternoon of January 9th, following Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing.

They were persuaded by Jiang Li to visit each other's hometown and get close to nature. Moreover, because Zhang Hanbing was handsome, all three women were somewhat tempted.

After getting into the Toyota van, Zhang Hanbing handed each of them a bottle of mineral water and even personally unscrewed the caps for them.

After drinking the water, they all fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, I was locked in a pigsty, and all my clothes had been stripped off and my valuables taken away.

After that, they were subjected to all kinds of humiliation, photographed, filmed, beaten, and Li Jiang committed inhuman acts against them.

In addition, after examining Bai Fang's physical condition, the doctor found methamphetamine in her blood and needle marks on her right arm, indicating that she had been sexually assaulted.

Qiao Xue concluded by saying, "Based on Bai Fang's testimony, the other two victims, Han Fei and Wu Xue, were probably taken to Myanmar by Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing."

After she finished speaking, the head of the border defense detachment replied, "A few days ago, in accordance with the requirements of the municipal bureau and the provincial department, we surveyed that mountain forest leading out of the border and did find some clues."

We collected mineral water bottles, tissues, used food packaging bags, and human feces from the roadside.

Furthermore, we found cut sections of barbed wire along the border.

The person in charge pointed to the electronic screen, where an endless barbed wire fence appeared.

When the camera zoomed in, a gap was indeed visible under a wire fence covered with weeds, just big enough for a person to squeeze through.

The Burmese mat is right across the barbed wire fence.

Then, a video appeared on the electronic screen.

The border detachment commander pointed to the screen and said, "Outside this deliberately damaged barbed wire fence is the place where sweet potatoes used to be buried. Our comrades tried to demolish it with explosives. You can watch the video."

The video begins to play, and viewers can see that a cordon has been set up at the edge of the forest, with bomb disposal personnel standing outside the cordon, remotely controlling a mountain toy car.

The toy car is one meter long, and to increase its weight, several large stones were placed inside.

It drove shakily through the rugged mountains, and when it encountered slopes and insurmountable obstacles, the bomb disposal team tried to change direction.

The toy car had just moved thirty meters away when it reached a slope. "Bang!"

A thunderous sound filled everyone's ears, and the video was filled with smoke.

After the smoke cleared, the toy car was completely shattered.

The border detachment leader then said, "Over the years, we have conducted numerous bomb disposal and demolition operations, but these things reappear within a few months."

Later, after investigation, it turned out that it was all done by those people on the other side. Every time we lined up, they would secretly bury something.

After we increased patrols, the situation did improve significantly, but a few still managed to escape.

Even if the border patrol captain didn't say that, everyone would understand. After all, smuggling is something that's hard to prevent, and it's impossible to do it perfectly.

Liang Weihua said, "I have a question. Why did these two criminals take Han Fei and Wu Xue away, but leave Bai Fang behind alone?"
"Can we get anything out of Li Jiang, the suspect?"

Qian Baishan shook his head: "This kid is stupid, he has mental problems. No matter what we ask him, he just smiles stupidly."

Luo Rui cleared his throat and said, "We consulted some professionals and found some clues. Chu Yang, why don't you tell everyone about them?"

Furthermore, what I'm about to say might make some people uncomfortable. If some of you can't handle it, you can go outside for a while.

Luo Rui originally wanted to remind the female police officers attending the meeting, but he didn't want to say it out loud.

Seeing that everyone was still there, Chu Yang found the police officer on duty in the conference room and connected his laptop to the electronic screen.

Then he stood up and said, "We found some clues on the dark web through some technical experts."

There's an account on the dark web called 'Black Bottle' that's involved in human trafficking and producing and selling extremely disturbing videos.

"This person's IP address is right across the street. To watch these videos, you have to pay, and there are multiple layers of payment."

For example, if you want to see some unusual photos and videos, you need to pay a membership fee of five thousand US dollars.

If you want to get to the very back, the fee might be as high as ten thousand US dollars, and so on. They will also filter your IP address. For example, if you have an IP address from our side, you won't be able to get in.

We found an overseas technical expert and asked him to go in. He found some clues.

Chu Yang bent down and operated his computer; the screen immediately displayed three photos.

The moment the photo was released, everyone present was stunned.

Lin Chen and Qiao Xue, along with other female police officers, bit their lips, clenched their fists, and looked pale.

The three photos are of Bai Fang, Han Fei, and Wu Xue.

As Bai Fang wrote in her statement, they were stripped naked, photographed in the pigsty, and had obscene words written on their bellies.

"Female teacher", "rich slut", "wife of a rich second-generation".

Below their photos, prices were listed, ranging from low to high, for bidding.

In addition, Chu Yang showed several other photos, featuring women and men from other places, and...

Looking at these photos, the conference room fell silent; no one dared to breathe.

Is this even human...? Lin Chen stood up: "Sorry, I'm going out for some fresh air."

Afterwards, Qiao Xue and some other female police officers also got up and left.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense, and everyone was in a heavy mood.

Chu Yang sighed and explained, "So, Han Fei and Wu Xue are in a very dangerous situation right now..."

“We learned from relevant sources that people like Han Fei and Wu Xue were both married before. This kind of reselling is very common in Kalun Khan.”

Through them, they can swindle a considerable amount of money from their own homes or lure others into doing so.

Liang Weihua immediately said, "If that's the case, their family members should receive scam calls."

Chu Yang nodded: "It's just a matter of time."

Luo Rui looked at the people sitting across the conference table. These people came from the ministry and foreign affairs departments, among other units.

"If we are to organize a rescue, we can only send people over there."

A man wearing glasses nodded: "Our superiors are already communicating and negotiating with the other side about this matter. Now we can only wait for further instructions from above."

Luo Rui leaned forward and said, word by word, "Then hurry up. The auction isn't over yet. If possible, I can negotiate with Han Fei and Wu Xue's families to pay for their release."

Upon hearing this, the man opposite him sharpened his gaze.

Luo Rui's words sounded like a compromise, but they were actually a sarcastic remark about their inefficiency.

Human lives are at stake. If a resolution isn't reached soon, who knows what inhuman torture these two women will suffer?

Moreover, Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing must be arrested, but how? Should we wait a year and a half, or two or three years?
After the meeting, everyone dispersed with heavy hearts.

Luo Rui immediately sought out Liang Weijun and the former director of the Ruijiang Municipal Bureau, along with other leaders.

They talked behind closed doors for most of the day, but no one knows exactly what they talked about.

After Luo Rui was released, he led his men straight to the detention center.

Half an hour later, Jiang Li's father, Jiang Youcai, and mother, Sun Fengying, were taken out by the supervising police officers and detained separately in different interrogation rooms.

Whether they were involved in Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing's illegal and criminal activities is still under investigation, but they must be detained for a short period of time to cooperate with the investigation of this case.

Jiang Youcai had a hunched back, sparse hair, a dark complexion, and exposed gums. Because he smoked welding fumes every day, his double rows of teeth were covered with yellow stains.

To this day, he still doesn't know why the police suddenly broke into his home, and besides asking where his daughter Jiang Li was, they also locked him and his wife in a detention center.

Upon seeing the two policewomen sitting across from him at the interrogation table, Jiang Youcai immediately recognized them as the two policewomen who had broken into his home.

He shouted excitedly, "What did I do wrong? Why are you arresting me?"

Lin Chen and Qiao Xue exchanged a glance and said coldly, "Jiang Youcai, how long does your daughter Jiang Li stay away each time? And when is she expected to return?"

Jiang Youcai, panting, said, "You keep asking her what she actually did?"

Lin Chen squinted, staring into his eyes, and asked, word by word, "Jiang Youcai, is your daughter filial to you?"

(End of this chapter)