You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 87: The Arrest in the Apartment Building!

After He Jinbo got on the bus, he nudged the cat's butt, asking it to make some room for him.

Cat glanced at Xu Guoliang and Jiang Jianbing; both of them had big butts and took up all the space.

He had no choice but to hold onto the front seat with both hands, half-squatting, looking as aggrieved as a wronged little wife.

He Jinbo said, "We received a notification from the Wen branch that Zhang Changfeng, the captain of the criminal investigation team of the Dayan City Bureau, will be assisting us in leading the charge."

Jiang Jianbing frowned: "No, why are we being sent to the front lines when they've already gathered information? It would be dangerous if we didn't get a clear picture of the situation."

"Old He, is there something wrong with this?"

Xu Guoliang complained, "It's because we were afraid the other side had guns, so we sent our men first."

Zheng Kang asked, "This is our case, there's nothing to complain about. Old He, what's the latest on the investigation?"

He Jinbo replied, "What Zhang and his team learned from the guardhouse is that the person living in 312 is indeed named Ma Dong, and it is the same person as the one in the sketch. There is no mistake about that."

As for the sketch of the other perpetrator, they haven't been able to confirm it yet. Moreover, there are three other perpetrators, and we don't even know their identities or appearances yet.

The concern is that these people all live in tenement buildings, and something unexpected might happen during the arrest.

Yang Jinwen suggested, "Could we call the joint defense team to surround the building first, and then go in to arrest the people?"

He Jinbo nodded: "It's already being done, now we're just waiting for them to arrive."

After speaking, He Jinbo straightened his face and instructed, "Let me tell you first, when we make the arrest, the old comrade will be in front, and Yang Jinwen and Maozi will follow behind us. Don't rush forward recklessly!"

Also, now that we've caught them, to prevent them from committing suicide, we must begin interrogation immediately; don't waste time!

Everyone nodded in unison: "Understood."

By 8 p.m., there were hardly any people on the street, and no one was going in or out of the tenement building anymore.

Then, two military green trucks drove up.

"Let's go, reinforcements have arrived." He Jinbo pushed open the car door.

The cat's legs were numb from squatting for so long that it almost lost its balance when it got off the bus.

Wen Mo, Gao Feng, the head of the Dayan City Public Security Bureau branch, and a fierce-looking man walked over.

A group of people gathered together, and Wen Mo introduced him to He Jinbo and the others: "This is Captain Zhang. Lao He, our men will follow him in a moment to carry out the arrest."

He Jinbo extended his hand, shook hands with the other person, and greeted him with a smile: "Captain Zhang, thank you for your hard work."

Zhang Changfeng smiled and said, "It's no trouble at all. Who knows, we might even come to your An'nan City to investigate cases in the future."

"That's right, when you come over, I'll have your people lead the way..." He Jinbo thought to himself, but smiled broadly on the surface.

Next, everyone studied the layout of the tenement building.

The perpetrators lived on the third floor, and the largest number of people went to the third floor to make arrests, in order to prevent the targets from escaping.

In addition, to prevent other criminals from also living in the tenement building, deployments were made from the ground floor to the upper floors.

Yang Jinwen glanced at the arriving joint defense team. Although there were many of them, they all looked like they hadn't woken up yet, listless and dispirited.

At this moment, Zhang Changfeng said, "There is a rather tricky situation that we need to discuss."

He Jinbo raised his chin: "Captain Zhang, please speak."

"In Ma Dong's home, besides himself, there is also his wife and children, as well as his elderly mother."

Upon hearing this, He Jinbo's brows furrowed.

Zheng Kang and Jiang Jianbing both felt a chill run down their spines.

They finally understood why the other side didn't want to be the first to charge: it wasn't because they were afraid of dying, but because a family of four, including the elderly and children, lived in a small house.

If anything goes wrong during the arrest, everyone will be in trouble; they might even have their uniforms removed.

“Then we can’t force our way in,” Wen Mo said. “We can only lure him out.”

Zhang Changfeng replied, "That's what I meant too, so I found a young man who was quite familiar with Ma Dong and also lived in a tenement building, and went to his door to lure him out."

For safety's sake, we'd better have someone come along.

He Jinbo smacked his lips: "I'll go." Zhang Changfeng shook his head: "No, Captain He, the other side will know there's something wrong with you just by looking at you like this."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the cat standing behind He Jinbo. It was small, harmless, and had a youthful face.

"I think this young comrade is capable."

"Huh?" Cat was called out, and her expression was a little blank.

"no!"

"We can't let him go!"

He Jinbo and Zheng Kang refused in unison.

He Jinbo explained, "He hasn't been a police officer for long and doesn't have much experience, so there's bound to be problems."

Yang Jinwen pondered, "How about I go?"

When Zhang Changfeng saw his appearance, he immediately shook his head: "You're too tall, you don't look like a good guy."

Yang Jinwen said, "I'm thinking it's not that complicated. Two of us can hide on either side of the door. As soon as Ma Dong shows his face, we can hold him down."

Most importantly, there was no one else in the house besides his family of four.

Wen Mo nodded: "I think it's a good idea, let's arrange it this way."

Seeing that he had spoken, Zhang Changfeng no longer insisted.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Feng, the detachment leader of Dayan City, waved his hand, and the operation began.

He Jinbo shouted to the veteran criminal police officers of the Chengbei Branch: "Check the guns, check the magazines!"

The group pulled out their pistols and tapped the magazines with their fists.

"Let's go!" He Jinbo gave the order and led the way toward the gate.

About ten people from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Chengbei Branch followed closely behind him.

Zhang Changfeng also led his men and followed.

The guardhouse at the tractor factory's bearing compound had already made arrangements.

At this moment, a young man came out on duty. Zhang Changfeng gave him a few instructions, and the man nodded.

Upon entering, the rooms upstairs were dimly lit, and shadowy figures moved about in the hallway.

The young man led the way, going up the stairs on the right and heading straight to the third floor.

The toilets and water rooms in the tenement building were shared. During the incident, some residents, seeing the group of menacing people, quickly hid away.

The joint defense team has sealed off all the entrances and exits below the tenement building.

Upon reaching the third floor, from the room on the right side of the corridor came the sounds of children laughing, adults cursing, and pots and pans clattering.

On the balcony to the left of the stairwell, bamboo poles are used for drying clothes, with bed sheets and duvet covers that residents haven't brought home yet still hanging on them.

The further you walk, the louder the television becomes.

"This weather forecast is brought to you by Chunlan Air Conditioning. Due to the continued influence of the subtropical high, most parts of southern China are experiencing unusually high temperatures. At 3 PM today, the actual measured temperature in the four 'furnace cities' was..."

At this moment, Yang Jinwen glanced at the house number 305.

He Jinbo waved his hand, and he and his master Zheng Kang immediately ran forward. Under the light spilling from the room on the right, the two of them crouched down and ran forward quickly, their shadows reflected on the floor of the corridor.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them rushed to room 312.

Yang Jinwen and his master each hid on one side, pulled the safety off their pistols, and steadily held them up.

The young man, with his hands clasped in front of his chest and a nervous expression, nodded to Zhang Changfeng before arriving at the door of number 312.

From inside the door came the sounds of a child crying and a television broadcast.

"This station's reporter reports that a major criminal case recently occurred in An'nan City. A long-distance bus bound for Shenzhen City was involved in an accident on a national highway in Lingmeng County..."

(End of this chapter)