Animal Detective

Chapter 429 Old Pan
Shen Xin planned to give Comrade Lao Pan a surprise, so he did not contact him in advance.

After traveling more than 2,000 kilometers and covered in dust, we finally arrived in Changchun, the capital of Yunnan Province.

After a short rest and meeting with his superiors, Shen Xin took advantage of the remaining time to travel to Simo City.

Our destination this time is Dehong Autonomous Prefecture.

To be more specific, it is Lianjiang County under the autonomous prefecture.

The intelligence obtained by following the clues indicated that this transportation route might have come from Lianjiang County.

Simo City is the capital of the autonomous prefecture.

"Captain Jiang, we can go by ourselves."

On the bus, Shen Xin said politely.

Jiang Wengang insisted on going along.

Jiang Wengang was driving and did not respond immediately.

He knew his mission: assisting in solving the case was one aspect, but his more important task was to ensure the safety of Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei.

Chen Guanglin suffered psychological trauma from lending money to others, and so did he.

When you came, Chen Guanglin said that even if you were unlucky and something unexpected happened, if someone fell down, you would have to fall down before Shen Xin.

Jiang Wengang glanced at Shen Xin in the passenger seat and asked, "By the way, Shen Xin, how's your marksmanship going?"

Shen Xin subconsciously twisted his waist, then said, "It's fine."

Jiang Wengang nodded slightly and started chatting about other things, introducing the scenery and food in southern Yunnan.

Drug enforcement cases can never bypass the southern Yunnan region.

As the brigade leader, Jiang Wengang had visited southern Yunnan many times.

"To be honest, these days in Myanmar, they're mainly involved in telecom fraud, trying every possible way to lure people from our country out of the country."

"After luring you out, they'll claim they'll help you make a lot of money and get you involved in fraud. They'll tell you that if you're ruthless enough, you can achieve financial freedom in just a few years."

"But think about it, they've been advertising for years and quite a few people have fallen for it, but overall it's still a minority. So if they want to scam someone, they can only scam their relatives and friends."

“Sometimes I think, this thing is actually just a pyramid scheme. Pyramid schemes used to start by deceiving relatives and friends.”

"But they're even more ruthless. First, they make you scam your relatives and friends until you can't scam any more money. Then they use you to threaten your relatives and friends and make them pay to ransom you."

"This is tantamount to extracting your value a second time."

"Once this layer of value is completely squeezed out, that's the last layer, which is finding a way to sell you."

Jiang Wengang gave Shen Xin a knowing look.

Shen Xin immediately understood: organs.

Jiang Wengang said, "So for those drug dealers in the past, if you grow drugs, the government doesn't want you to. Satellites are flying all over the sky, and if they see you, they can wipe you out immediately."

"It's better to do telecom fraud or run a casino. They may not be as profitable as drugs, but they're much safer."

"There are also people who run the smuggling business. Didn't you hear what Boss Zheng said? This time, the drug traffickers' transportation routes are diverse, and some of them used these smugglers' channels."

“In the past, there were caravans in the mountains for smuggling and drug trafficking, but now they’ve turned into human traffickers.”

"How many people have been buried in these deep mountains and forests?"

Jiang Wengang turned to look out the window; mountains lined both sides of the road, his tone desolate.

Shen Xin remained silent.

The entire southern Yunnan region has an overall altitude of around 2,000 meters, and it is all mountains.

It's similar to Juzhou, which I visited before.

Shen Xin suddenly remembered Li Shi.

I wonder how that child is doing, whether he has overcome the mountain in his heart.

Yunnan borders Juzhou and isn't far away. Shen Xin suddenly had an idea: on his way back, why not make a detour to Juzhou to see Li Shi?

More than four hours later, the car arrived in Simo.

Go directly to the Simo City Public Security Bureau.

When selecting police dogs, all Shen Xin knew was that Pan Wenhai was a police officer in the Simo City Public Security Bureau.

But Shen Xin didn't know the specifics of the position.

I didn't ask any further questions.

But I figured it must be the anti-drug squad.

However, when they arrived at the anti-drug brigade, they were stopped by the security guard at the entrance and asked who they were looking for. When they replied that they were looking for Pan Wenhai, they were told that there was no such person in the anti-drug brigade.

"That's not right, how could it not be there?" Shen Xin asked in surprise.

Pan Wenhai is a narcotics officer in Simo City, so he must be from the anti-drug squad.

Besides, only three months have passed; it's unlikely he'd be transferred so quickly.

Even if they were transferred, the security guards should still remember them.

Later, Ding Yuwei asked Shen Xin if he had remembered it wrong.

“How could that be?” Shen Xin shook his head.

How could I possibly misremember something like this?

Then you'll have to find the captain of their anti-drug squad.

The captain's name is Wang Feng.

He warmly welcomed Shen Xin and his entourage, and even remembered Jiang Wengang.

A few years ago, Jiang Wengang came to assist in a case, but he was looking for the Dehong Narcotics Control Detachment. He was also there, but I didn't get to speak with him. Do you remember him?

Jiang Wengang was a little embarrassed; he had absolutely no recollection of it.

Wang Feng, in his forties, had an ordinary appearance with graying temples. He smiled and held up one finger, saying, "I have only one advantage: I recognize people. Once I have an impression of someone, I will remember them forever, no matter how many years have passed."

Shen Xin glanced at Ding Yuwei and thought, "This one is similar to Ding Yuwei; they both have the ability to remember everything they see."

Shen Xin asked about Pan Wenhai. "You mean Old Pan?"

Wang Feng chuckled and said, "Then you've come to the wrong place. He's a border guard."

He then proceeded to provide a detailed explanation.

It turns out that Pan Wenhai belongs to the Dehong Autonomous Prefecture Border Management Detachment and is a member of the border defense force.

To be precise, Pan Wenhai is a veteran.

Then, starting last year, the border defense forces underwent restructuring, taking off their military uniforms and putting on police uniforms.

They are now under the National Immigration Administration, which is directly managed by the ministry.

It's like having one system but two teams.

But they have the same duty: to fight drugs.

Pan Wenhai is a very well-known person in Mangshi and even in Dehong Autonomous Prefecture.

After listening to Wang Feng's introduction, Shen Xin was secretly amazed.

This unassuming man, who is gentle, considerate, and incredibly patient with Tianqiao at the police dog base, has many labels attached to him.

He is one of the top ten border guards in the country and has been awarded the First-Class Merit Citation once, the Second-Class Merit Citation three times, and the Third-Class Merit Citation five times.

He is currently the leader of the first team at the Shukang Border Inspection Station. In the 16 years since he joined the station, he has personally seized more than 300 kilograms of drugs.

The duty team he led has cracked more than 800 drug cases, arrested more than 500 drug traffickers, and seized nearly one ton of drugs.

Covered in medals, he is a true hero.

Jiang Wengang said, "That means we've already passed through."

The three of them came from Kunming, taking the highway.

Jiang Wengang knew that this Shukang checkpoint was known as the first pass in southern Yunnan. It was located northeast of Simo, on a crucial road leading to Yongchang City, which borders Dehong.

So if you take the highway, you've already missed it and now you have to turn back.

Wang Feng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you there."

He got up to get his clothes.

Shen Xin quickly stopped him, saying there was no need to trouble himself, since he knew where it was, he could go there himself.

Wang Feng hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

He's quite busy; he has a lot to do.

He escorted the three of them downstairs, and when they were about to part ways, he casually asked how they met Pan Wenhai.

They are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

Jiang Wengang pointed at Shen Xin and explained, "It's not that I know him, it's that Shen Xin knows him. We had a police dog donation project in Nanjiang before, and one of the police dogs was given to Lao Pan."

"Then those police dogs were all trained by Shen Xin, and that's how we met."

Upon hearing the mention of police dogs, Wang Feng was suddenly stunned, staring at Shen Xin in disbelief, and exclaimed, "Holy crap, Shen Xin, you mean you trained Tianqiao?"

Shen Xin nodded and asked what was wrong.

Wang Feng's reaction was a bit exaggerated.

"Good heavens, why didn't you say so sooner?" Wang Feng greeted him warmly and excitedly shook Shen Xin's hand.

He was already very enthusiastic, and now that he had his hands on that enthusiasm, he wouldn't let it go, insisting on dragging Shen Xin back to sit for a while longer.

Shen Xin was caught off guard and hurriedly asked what was going on, whether there was something wrong with Tian Qiao.

Wang Feng quickly shook his head: "No problem, Tianqiao is perfectly fine, exceptionally fine."

He looked excited and said, "You don't know, our Dehong only has one police dog base in Mengmao, and that belongs to the border defense."

"To be honest, the base is quite large, with twenty or thirty drug-sniffing dogs. They have been providing police dogs to nearby counties, cities, and border units."

"But it's still not enough, we can't allocate it all, and we have to ask for help all the time when we're handling cases."

"Then Tianqiao, really, it's amazing. Let me put it this way, Tianqiao alone seized 317 kilograms of various drugs in Shukang in just three months."

“They only seized a little over 400 kilograms last year. Because of this, their station even held a meeting to discuss whether there was a problem with their work.”

In the previous year, only 400 kilograms were seized, but this year, 317 kilograms were seized in just three months.

This not only shows that Tianqiao has amazing business skills, but also indicates another problem: there may have been omissions at the previous checkpoints.

Otherwise the data won't match.

"That's not enough. The branch has borrowed Tianqiao's help several times in handling cases, and they've never made a mistake."

“Last month, we pulled off a big operation. We relied on Tianqiao to track drug dealers for more than ten kilometers and finally discovered a drug manufacturing plant. We seized more than 400 kilograms of drugs in one go.”

"All things considered, in just three months, Tianqiao has already helped seize nearly a ton of drugs."

“Our Director Chen has praised Tianqiao more than once, saying that he has never seen such a powerful police dog. This is it.”

He proudly gave a thumbs up.

"And Director Liang from the police dog base has visited Shukang more than once, wanting to study how Tianqiao could be so amazing."

"I really didn't expect that Tianqiao was trained by you. Shen Xin, aren't you a narcotics officer? How come you can train police dogs?"

Shen Xin came with Jiang Wengang, who subconsciously assumed that Shen Xin was a narcotics officer.

"It was an accident," Shen Xin explained awkwardly.

If it weren't for my druidic talent, I wouldn't have been able to train police dogs.

Jiang Wengang added quietly, "Captain Wang, Shen Xin isn't a narcotics officer; he's a proper criminal investigator."

Wang Feng was stunned.

"A detective?"

A criminal police officer comes to handle drug-related cases and then trains drug-sniffing dogs—that's quite a leap!

(End of this chapter)