Everyone involved in the deal was brought into the police station. Stevenson, Christopher, and the others, along with the fake gemstone opals, could not escape responsibility.
On the way, the gem hunters were sure that they had encountered a scam.
As there were too many of them, one police car could not fit them all, so the police let them drive themselves to the police station.
When they reached a junction on the road, Christopher's car abruptly made a turn, stepped on the accelerator, and sped away in an attempt to escape.
Seeing this scene, the gem hunters naturally understood what had happened earlier.
The national park was very far away from Winslow, and the surrounding area was deserted. Therefore, the pickup truck sped up unscrupulously by stepping on the accelerator.
The police could not give chase in time. Their police car led the way, and by the time the police car reversed, the pickup truck had already run a few kilometers away.
The two police officers were not anxious at all. Instead, they looked excited.
A gem hunter shouted anxiously, "Officer, hurry up and chase them! Our money is in their hands!"
The police waved their hands. "Don't worry, everyone. We've already requested for backup."
Because they wanted to arrest Christopher and the others, the convoy turned around and gave chase. The gem hunters were willing to help the police catch them. If Christopher and the others escaped, they would suffer a great loss.
The pickup truck ran very fast in front of them, as though it was fleeing for its life.
About twenty minutes later, a series of rumbling noises suddenly reached Li Du's ears. Sophie subconsciously asked, "Thunder?"
Godzilla grunted, "Helicopter!"
He was more experienced in this area. When he was in Mexico, he had seen the private helicopters of the gang leaders.
Li Du looked out and saw a helicopter painted in police green flying above their heads. It then swept past and chased after the pickup truck in front.
This was the first time he had seen a police helicopter chasing criminals. Furthermore, he was personally involved in this case. The thought of it made his blood boil.
With the police helicopter in pursuit, the pickup truck was like a monkey in the palm of Buddha, with no chance of escape.
The police caught Stevenson and the others. After entering the Winslow police station, they were immediately separated and interrogated. Soon, the results were out.
Just as Li Du had guessed, this was a scam.
What he had not guessed was that Stevenson and the others had been watching them for a long time.
On the first day they had arrived, they had noticed that Li Du and the others had found opals very quickly. Hence, they had their eyes on them, hiding in the distance and observing them with binoculars.
Originally, Stevenson and the rest wanted to rob them, but after considering Godzilla and Big Quinn's size, they did not dare to do so.
Later on, they remembered that they had a batch of fake gemstone opals that they had intended to deceive tourists. Coupled with the gemstones that Li Du had found in that area, they set up this scam.
Stevenson and the others also knew that it was not easy to deceive their peers, but they had no choice. They owed the loan sharks and urgently needed to repay the money. Now, they had no way out.
They had planned it out. The hunters would find out that the goods they dug up were all fakes, but they could just deny it when the time came.
Moreover, they had already planned to leave Winslow and go fishing for king crabs in Alaska after earning some money. Anyway, it was almost winter and the Alaska fishing season was about to begin.
In the end, Li Du discovered on the spot that the boulder opal they had buried was fake. Someone even called the police, and they were all arrested before they could escape.
After Stevenson and the others confessed, the police were going to prosecute them. The amount of money involved in this scam was relatively large, and they would definitely have to go to jail for a few years.
Li Du's 20,000 yuan in cash was easy to deal with. After the court sentenced him, the others would be out of luck if they used online bank transfers.
The loan sharks' debt collection methods were obviously very frightening. Stevenson, Christopher, and the others were very afraid of them. After receiving the money, they transferred it to the loan sharks through online banking.
This meant that the other hunters would not be able to get their money back in a short period of time.
This was really a tragic thing!
After receiving the news, the hunters at the police station immediately exploded.
"F * ck, f * ck, f * ck! How could this be? That was all my savings! "
"D * mn it, I want to kill him. Christopher, that d * mn nigger, get out of the way, let me kill him!"
"Son of a b * tch, I will never let him off! I want to break this son of a b * tch's bones! "
The police stopped them, and a sergeant said, "Calm down, everyone. This is the police station, please calm down!"
"We have no money, how can we calm down?" An old man said with a long face, "It wasn't easy for me to save up 15,000 dollars, and now I still owe someone 5,000 dollars!"
The sergeant said, "Don't worry, we will do our best to recover the money. If they don't have any money, then the court will auction off their fixed assets..."
"Other than a broken pickup truck, what fixed assets do these b * tches have? If they had fixed assets worth more than 100,000 dollars, would they still have come to set up this d * mn scam? "
The sheriff choked for a moment and said, "We will investigate the loan shark group that they mentioned …"
"That was set up by the nephew of the Arizona state senator. Don't you guys know? But do you dare to investigate? Do you dare to arrest them? "another hunter roared angrily.
The sergeant grew impatient and waved his hand. "We, the police, know what to do. We don't need you to remind us. Alright, now wait for the court to sentence them. You guys can go back."
Looking at the depressed or desperate hunters, Brendan wiped his cold sweat. "Sh * t, luckily I didn't fork out money to buy a piece of land."
Alicia cast a sidelong glance at her husband with a face full of disdain. "Do you have 20,000 dollars?"
Brendan chuckled. "I don't, so I avoided this scam. Old Deckard and the rest are in trouble. The money is destined to be unrecoverable."
Alicia sighed and said, "Old Deckard is too eager to make money. But if I were him, I would also take the risk."
Li Du asked, "What happened to him?"
Brendan said, "Old Deckard's wife has uremia and needs money for treatment. His son fell off a scaffold while working at a construction site not long ago and is still waiting for surgery in the hospital."
Hearing this, Sophie crossed herself and whispered, "May God bless this poor man."
Li Du pondered for a moment and said, "God has sent a messenger to save these poor fools."
A few hunters walked out in a daze. This was a huge blow!
Li Du chased after them and said, "Hey, everyone, do you want to have dinner together?"
The ashen-faced Old Deckard pushed him away and muttered, "If there's poison in the dinner, then I'm willing to try it."
Li Du said, "There's no poison in the dinner. There's 20,000 dollars in it."
The few of them looked at him in surprise. He continued, "I want to buy the pieces of land in your hands for 20,000 dollars each."
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