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Chapter 351 Ironclad Evidence! Number! [Two-part request for monthly votes!]

Cai Peng couldn't understand what Xu De was doing; in his eyes, Xu De's behavior was completely illogical and unreasonable.

The only possibility... is that it's a deception.

Thinking of this, Cai Peng pondered for a moment, then spoke again, "In any case, the most important thing is to first resolve the issue of holding the families of those convicted of 'traffic accident' accountable!"

Upon hearing this, Assistant Yang and the others nodded.

"it is good."

at the same time.

2:30 p.m.

Haicheng.

Municipal People's Procuratorate.

In the cold, empty hall, two or three figures could be vaguely seen moving about from time to time, while several people sat on the public chairs.

A person dressed in a suit, a professional attire.

The group looked around, their eyes revealing expressions of amazement.

"Wow, after staying in Haicheng for so long... this is my first time visiting the Municipal Procuratorate. This place is huge."

Lin Yue sat in the chair, leaning slightly forward, looking around and speaking softly.

The Haicheng Municipal Prosecutor's Office has a solemn atmosphere. The surrounding buildings are tall, making the air feel somewhat viscous and creating a sense of pressure.

Thinking of this.

Lin Yue looked up at the crimson badge gleaming with gold hanging above her head, a hint of awe flashing in her eyes.

She couldn't help but look at Xu De and whisper, "Speaking of which... Cai Peng will definitely find out that we've come to the procuratorate so openly, right?"

"And when I came here just now, I think I saw a lawyer... that person seemed to be from Cai Peng's team."

Seeing the slight worry on her face, Xu De casually asked, "Cai Peng found out, and then what?"

"Can he really drop the murder charge he's facing and come deal with us?"

As he spoke, Xu De gestured for her to extend her hand.

Lin Yue was puzzled, but she also extended her slender and delicate palm.

Xu De held her hand and showed her four fingers.

"The length of the recess does not depend on the lawyer's attitude, but rather on how much time the court and the prosecutor's office need to process the case!"

"First, there's the prosecutor's office. How long do you think it takes for the prosecutor's office to amend an indictment or change the charge?"

"Secondly, there's the court."

"Zhao Rui's drug trafficking is undeniable. The only difficulty lies in sentencing. How long do you think it will take for the judges to handle the sentencing?"

Once the complaint has gone through the legal process, the amendment is considered complete.

The court was even more concise!

Because the facts of Zhao Rui's transfer of drugs are clear, the judge does not need to discuss whether the charge of "drug trafficking" is applicable. The only issue to discuss is the inability to determine the sentence due to unclear physical evidence.

"At most four days!"

Xu De held the other person's slender, fair-skinned palm, feeling the warmth emanating from it, and said with a serious expression.

He clenched the other person's thumb, leaving only four fingers exposed.

"In other words, Cai Peng only has four days to address the flaws in this case!"

"The handling of drug trafficking cases is far from something that can be resolved in four days, especially when the facts of the case are clear!"

Therefore, even if the other party realizes this, they will not waste their precious time on Xu De.

Not to mention that Cai Peng was caught off guard by Zhao Rui's information gap and had no idea about it at all.

"I see..

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Lin Yue's face showed a look of sudden realization. Then she blinked and looked at her hand that was being pinched.

She asked, puzzled, "I understand the logic."

"But why are you using my hand?"

Feel the warm, smooth texture on your fingertips, like the feel of a piece of mutton fat jade.

Xu De replied expressionlessly, "I was afraid you'd get distracted, so I wanted you to concentrate."

"Really?" Lin Yue tilted her head.

Xu De nodded. "Really."

Lin Yue felt that the other party was lying to her, but she didn't have time to dwell on it, simply because...

Zhao Chenggong, who had gone to complete the application process, has returned.

"Da da da...."

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A crisp footstep echoed in my ears.

Xu Delin instinctively released his hand as if he had been electrocuted, looked up and saw two figures walking quickly towards him.

Upon seeing this, the two instinctively stood up.

"Attorney Xu, Prosecutor Zheng is not at the procuratorate, but I have managed to contact him by phone."

As lawyer Zhao Chenggong approached Xu De, he slowed his pace slightly, then leaned close to Xu De's ear and whispered, "Prosecutor Zheng has contacted the prosecutor in charge of the tobacco and liquor case, saying he can use his name to gather information from other cases."

Upon hearing this, Xu De nodded slightly.

Presumably, the person next to him is the prosecutor in charge of drug trafficking cases involving tobacco and liquor stores.

I don't know if the other party is willing...

That was what he originally thought.

However, when Xu De looked up and saw the person in front of him up close, he was slightly taken aback at first, then burst into laughter and said, "Isn't this Prosecutor Ma!?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged prosecutor in front of him, dressed in uniform and wearing a red tie, darkened slightly.

This person.

In the "shooting incident," he was the third prosecutor in the prosecution's dock, besides Zheng Tong and Liang Bingxin!

"Don't try to get close to me, we're not as familiar as you make it sound."

Prosecutor Ma's expression was somewhat unpleasant, as if he were speechless and helpless.

Clearly, he hadn't expected to run into this "litigation scoundrel" even when he was handling a cross-case!

Xu De, however, did not care about his attitude at all. Instead, he became even more enthusiastic and chuckled, "Hey, Prosecutor Ma, you're being too formal. We've been through the same murder case together."

Does accusation and opposition count as friendship?

Prosecutor Ma was too lazy to even talk about this lawyer anymore. The other party was simply taking advantage of the fact that he was a public official and couldn't be insulted at will, and was being unreasonable.

"Alright, time is tight and the task is heavy."

"Prosecutor Zheng told me on the phone that he wants to know a few things about 'Sun Rui,' and you can come with me."

The words were spoken.

Prosecutor Ma then turned and left, heading towards the task force's office.

Xu De and the other two followed.

To be honest, understanding information across different cases is inherently challenging.

If it's a public official, it's fine; if one case leads to other cases, they will usually contact the person handling the other case.

But Xu De is a lawyer, and lawyers don't have the authority, so he can only use Zheng Tong's name.

However, things went relatively smoothly.

At least Prosecutor Zheng is currently busy revising the indictment and has no time to deal with them, so he is willing to let them use his name.

About seven minutes later.

The four of them walked around in a big circle and then pushed open a simple wooden door.

"Squeak~"

The door opened.

A clean, tidy, and well-lit scene came into view.

The project office inside the door wasn't very large, but it was well-organized, with simple desks and files, and the overall space was about half the size of a student classroom.

"Come in. The tobacco and liquor case... involves core information that needs to be kept confidential."

Prosecutor Ma walked to the filing cabinet, glanced at the number, and pulled out some documents.

He then walked back to his desk and looked up at the three people in front of him.

This case is quite complex.

After all, it involves drugs, and 97% pure stuff at that. Heaven knows how Sun Rui got her hands on it.

If it was obtained from the Golden Triangle region overseas, it proves that the other party has a smuggling route that can transport goods across borders to core cities.

If it's privately developed... then the problem is even bigger, meaning there's a drug manufacturing den in the country with highly sophisticated manufacturing techniques!

and so.

Prosecutor Ma stated, "You can only access information related to the 'driving under the influence of drugs' case."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue raised her head and quickly corrected, "It's a 'drug trafficking case'!"

"The suspect was likely not driving under the influence of drugs; he was in the act of drug trafficking!"

Prosecutor Ma:

"Tsk, Attorney Lin, your father is Professor Lin Guodong, isn't he?"

Prosecutor Ma looked at Lin Yue and suddenly smiled speechlessly, then reached out and tapped the file on the table.

"I've read his published papers."

Lin Guodong, such a rigid and serious idealist, originally thought his daughter would also be the same, but now it seems...

It seems it's grown a bit crooked.

"They're all the same, they're all the same."

Xu De quickly spoke up, thinking for a moment before asking, "I'd like to know... who are the customers of the 'tobacco and liquor store'?"

Upon hearing this, Prosecutor Ma directly denied it: "It involves personal privacy, and it's not convenient to disclose that."

Upon hearing this...

The three paused slightly, but it wasn't unexpected.

When it comes to this kind of private information, let alone lawyers, even prosecutors in other cases, like Zheng Tong, can't stand to look at it!

"What about the total cash flow of assets, and where did the trafficked drugs go?"

Lin Yue thought for a moment and then tentatively asked.

After a moment's thought, Prosecutor Ma pulled out several documents and handed them to the three men. While they were looking at the documents, he said, "The financial statements... Sun Rui's assets are not clearly accounted for. She has hidden a lot of money, including some that have been laundered into real estate. So even by the time of the verdict, her total assets will not be fully accounted for."

"If you want to understand the 44 grams of drugs in the 'driving under the influence' case..."

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With that, Prosecutor Ma waved his hand and said, "The amount is too small to detect."

44 grams, at most it can be sold for a few thousand yuan.

It's also possible that Sun Rui gave drugs to her subordinates, which would not generate any monetary benefit whatsoever.

"As for the types of drugs and where they go... Sun Rui only sells heroin. As for where the drugs go... you can probably guess without me saying."

"It's nothing more than KTVs, brothels, gambling dens, bars, and nightclubs," Prosecutor Ma said.

Upon hearing this...

Xu De frowned as he looked at the files.

These places...without exception, point directly to the word "chaos".

But here's the problem: if the distribution of drugs is rather chaotic... how do we trace the drugs transferred by the suspect Zhao Rui?

Did the police find any drugs at Sun Rui's tobacco and liquor store on the afternoon of September 24th?

Xu De thought for a moment, then added, "Do you have any photos?"

Prosecutor Ma nodded and casually pulled out some files.

"See, that's all."

Xu De picked up the photo again and looked at it with Lin Yue and Zhao Chenggong.

Prosecutor Ma stated, "The total amount of drugs seized on the spot was approximately 1900 grams... Don't think it's a small amount; this nearly two kilogram of substance is all 97% pure raw material. If you really wanted to sell it, this amount of raw material could produce at least three times the amount of drugs!"

"They were made into the shape of gold bars, each weighing 500 grams, and there are three and a half bars in total."

"In addition, other forms of heroin, in the form of bags, were also seized downstream in its drug trafficking chain."

"Even worse, some are selling condoms."

As one photograph after another passed through Xu De's hands.

The three of them gradually furrowed their brows into a knot.

Drugs come in a wide variety of forms.

Some were packaged in gold bars, others in sealed bags, and still others even in condoms. Some were even heated with a lighter until they turned liquid.

The substance was drawn into the syringe in preparation for injection.

But... without exception, none of them included Zhao Rui!

"Aren't there any others?"

Xu De couldn't help but look up at the other person.

Prosecutor Ma asked, "Which ones are you referring to?"

"liquid!"

Lin Yue said, "The kind that exists in liquid form!"

Upon hearing this, Prosecutor Ma immediately frowned.

Does it exist in liquid form? No, that's impossible.

"Is this your first time handling a drug case?"

"To be honest, heroin is usually transported in dry powder form. Even if it is temporarily hidden in liquid form, it must be purified again after being hidden and sold in dry powder form."

"In 99% of cases, so-called liquid heroin will not be produced."

Prosecutor Ma shook his head. "Because heroin is highly toxic and potent, most addicts are seasoned addicts."

"Ordinary oral medications are not potent enough."

"So, the purpose of buying this is for injection, and liquid injection..."

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talking.

Prosecutor Ma paused slightly, looked at the three men, smiled, and shrugged, saying, "Would you dare to draw a vial of purified water and inject it into a vein?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue stopped abruptly.

Liquid injection is the favorite method of drug addicts because it is absorbed quickly and is very potent.

But the problem came again.

Blood vessels aren't as strong as the stomach!

If you inject even a small amount of foreign material, you might die on the spot within three minutes.

Most liquid injectable drugs are not originally in liquid form, but in dry powder form, which is then heated until it liquefies.

Alcohol... this stuff can't be injected, it can only be taken orally. But here's the problem: the old drug addict isn't satisfied with the potency of oral administration.

unless..

"Wait, alcohol?"

In a daze.

Xu De seemed to have made a connection to something. He paused for a moment, then opened his eyes and suddenly said, "Prosecutor Ma."

"Have narcotics officers found heroin mixed with alcohol in karaoke bars, bars, and nightclubs?"

If Sun Rui wants to sell the dried powder, she needs to purify Zhao Rui's goods, but judging from the case details, she clearly doesn't have the time to purify them; however, if she doesn't purify them, she won't be able to satisfy the old drug addict.

The conventional way of thinking is to sell it to others in liquid form, but since no one buys it and it's difficult to sell, the logic still doesn't hold water.

But what if...it's counterintuitive?

For example... directly using the goods in a process where the product itself needs to be in the form of liquid alcohol!

"Are you referring to those who were deceived, or unknowingly led to drink heroin?"

Prosecutor Ma raised an eyebrow slightly.

Xu De nodded. "Yes, that's all!"

First of all, why is drug use not considered a crime, but only an illegal act?

Because this is a behavior.

Actions can be achieved through external forces!

For example, in the crime of murder, if someone forces you to kill someone, does that mean you've committed murder? No, because the crime of murder has complex legal principles that explain in detail what constitutes murder.

Furthermore, objective evidence can be used to demonstrate the subjective attitude of the person involved. However, drug use is different; whether it is voluntary or not cannot be analyzed at all, as it is purely a subjective statement!

such as.

If you were unknowingly drinking a bottle of alcohol, but someone tricked you and slipped drugs into your drink when you weren't looking, and you drank it down.

Objectively speaking, you used drugs.

But did you really use drugs? Obviously not, but legally speaking, you did constitute "drug use".

If it doesn't constitute a crime, how would you explain it? If you intended to use drugs, how would the police conduct a drug test if you claimed you didn't?

证？

In addition to other factors, there are significant obstacles to the theory that drug use constitutes a crime.

But this is irrelevant to the case.

What Xu De wanted to investigate...

This is a situation where drug dealers specifically use it to let passersby unconsciously inhale drugs, which then leads to addiction and turns them into customers!

And this point...

Yes, there are many.

"These are common methods. They usually dilute drugs into low-proof alcohol, or undiluted alcohol, or cocktails for sale."

"The anti-drug police have found quite a few."

Prosecutor Ma nodded. "If we include the quality of alcohol as an adjunct... that could be an astronomical figure."

Xu De asked urgently, "Do you have any high-end wines?"

Besides the drugs, don't underestimate the bottle of liquor that Zhao Rui gave you!

A bottle of wine costing tens of thousands of yuan can be easily recognized by its bottle design.

"High-end liquor? Take a look for yourself."

Prosecutor Ma was in a dilemma; he wasn't a member of the Supervisory Commission and knew nothing about such luxury goods.

I simply pulled out the photos taken by the narcotics police and handed them over.

Lin Yue leaned closer for a look and casually reminded her, "I've seen that paper gift box before; the wine is Louis XIII. You should check..."

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"What kind of wine is Louis XIII?" Xu De's eyes twitched.

"Oh dear, I really need to buy you something nice."

Lin Yue then pulled out the photos and scanned them back and forth.

In the photo.

It was a pile of bottles that had been mixed with drugs, stacked together. Judging from the background, it was clearly a karaoke bar or pub.

Lin Yue looked at it for a while, then her eyes lit up. Her heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out, "This is the one!"

She pointed to a bottle in the photo that was round and looked like a donut, her voice clear and bright.

"Louis XIII, the classic 700ml Baccarat crystal bottle!"

Upon hearing this, Xu De quickly looked over.

However, it was discovered that about one-third of the wine remained in the bottle, which was about 200 milliliters.

"Are you sure it's this bottle!?" Xu De raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Over two hundred milliliters—this is definitely all that the nightclub has already consumed. Considering the nightclub's foot traffic, before it was consumed...

At least 600 milliliters!

What drug dealers use to expand their market is definitely not that kind of garbage with single-digit purity.

It has to be at least 30% pure!

This far exceeds the 40 grams of heroin that Zhao Rui mentioned.

"I'm sure!"

Lin Yue examined the photo carefully for a moment, then finally declared with certainty, "This is the bottle!"

"How did you figure that out?" Xu De asked in surprise.

"Hey, don't be so unsophisticated! High-end liquors all have anti-counterfeiting labels, and they're mostly sold in bundles of one bottle per box!"

Lin Yue got a little flustered by the question, and she pointed to the top and said, "The bottles have unique numbers, and the boxes that hold the wine also have fixed numbers."

"By matching two, we can easily tell which gift box the wine came from!"

"Look at the numbers on this... although they're hard to see, the first two characters are clearly the same as those on the cardboard box we got from Zhang Yao!"

The gift box and the wine bottle are linked together and have the same serial number, meaning one bottle per box.

Putting aside everything else.

You can find it by checking the serial number!

"You think it's this bottle?"

Prosecutor Ma glanced at it, paused slightly after recognizing what it was referring to, then hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "This bottle... to be honest, it might not be it."

The words were spoken.

Lin Yue got anxious and tried her best to defend herself.

"How is that possible? Unless it's a counterfeit, with the serial number matching, this bottle of wine is 100% from the drug trafficking case!"

She has ample knowledge and experience regarding these kinds of luxury goods!

Xu De echoed his deputy director and assistant, saying, "Yes, Prosecutor Ma, isn't there some misunderstanding?"

only....

"No misunderstanding."

"According to Sun Rui's subordinates, who are also the drug dealers at the bar, the total volume of this bottle of liquor when they received it was 650 milliliters."

"The purity has reached an astonishing 70%!"

"In other words, even if the raw material is diluted with 97% purity, at least 400 grams of high-purity heroin still need to be added."

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Prosecutor Ma shook his head, then smiled and pointed at the substance, saying, "Even after obtaining it, the other party cannot use it directly; it needs to be diluted a second time."

In a daze.

Upon hearing that the purity was 70%, Xu De paused, his eyes twitching slightly.

Then, after hearing about the so-called "secondary dilution"...

Xu De suddenly paused slightly. He and Lin Yue seemed to realize something. They looked up and exchanged a glance. Then, he asked a question in a low voice, trying to find out.

"So... how much was diluted in total during the second dilution?"

Prosecutor Ma thought for a moment, then pulled out a suspect's statement and said, "There's still 200ml of raw material left in this bottle, meaning 450ml was used. If it's diluted a second time to 30% purity, then it's highly likely..."

"1050 ml? That means..."

966 grams.

After thinking for a moment, Prosecutor Ma said, "At least 966 grams, more than that, not less. After all, this wine is quite expensive and has a high purity. Diluting it too little would be a loss."

"The suspect claimed it should weigh around 1100 grams."

Around 1100 grams.....

It weighs a full kilogram.

In a daze.

The entire task force office fell silent. The three people in front of them looked at each other with strange expressions.

Prosecutor Ma said with a smile, "Including the remaining 200ml... the total weight is nearly 1300g of drugs."

"This is significantly different from the data on 'driving under the influence of drugs' cases."

"After all, it only weighs 44 grams, which is almost thirty times less."

1300g......

It's almost thirty times worse...

In a daze, Xu De suddenly realized why Zhao Rui dared not tell Cai Peng the truth even now.

"Prosecutor Ma."

"Um?"

"This 1100g... I mean, who did he sell the 1100g that has already been consumed to? Was it a stranger or a drug addict who bought it for personal use?"

"Of course, they were just passersby."

Prosecutor Ma sighed, but also said matter-of-factly, "Drug addicts won't buy alcoholic liquid heroin, so these 1100 grams of drugs that have entered society..."

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"They are all being consumed by innocent people."