It was not up to Li Du and the others to cooperate with the investigation. The case had not been fully investigated, and in fact, they were now suspects.
After taking their statements, Li Du and the others did not leave. The police politely asked them to stay in Hobart and prepared a room for them in a nearby hotel. The police followed them.
The Tasmanian police went all out. William Dock and the surrounding docks were all blocked, and the investigation found out what was going on with the children's containers.
Soon, the results came out. The company that the containers belonged to was from Indonesia. They traded electronic waste and helped Australia deal with electronic waste.
The police closed down the waste disposal company. After some investigation, they found no evidence that they had anything to do with the child trafficking case, except for tax evasion.
After that, the police attacked again and finally found some clues.
The electronic waste disposal company had nothing to do with the child trafficking case, but the staff responsible for customs clearance of the containers was involved.
Because things developed so quickly, the people involved in the child trafficking case could not escape. The two police officers who had come to resolve the conflict between Li Du and the stevedores were very experienced. They immediately called for help and blocked the dock.
In the end, the two Indonesian people involved in the case were arrested. After some investigation, the case came to light.
They had abducted all four children. In addition, the police believed that they were involved in a large number of child trafficking cases. The two men were involved in a business chain of child trafficking and sale.
Li Du and the others were heroes in the case. The police did not hide it from them. Besides staying in the hotel, they played in the police station lounge and kept in contact with the police.
From the police, they learned the details of the case.
The child trafficking group was large. They collected children in Australia, shipped them to Indonesia through electronic containers, and from Indonesia to Europe, where they were sold to families who needed children.
Because electronic waste containers were highly polluting and radioactive, customs inspectors were reluctant to examine them carefully. Moreover, the radiation from electronic waste would affect the results of the inspection of the machines.
In this way, the criminals put the children into a long sleep by giving them sleeping pills or injecting tranquilizers. At the same time, they were equipped with oxygen tanks to breathe in order to cut off their contact with the outside world.
It was not that the police did not think that the missing children were transported to Indonesia, but they guessed that the criminals transported the children through the northern ports of Australia.
After all, northern Australia was closer to Indonesia.
Who knew that the other party would turn around and use a roundabout strategy to exit through the southern port, which had relatively lax security. The Australian police and customs were caught off guard.
The case was initially solved, and the members of the child trafficking organization in Australia were all arrested. Following that, the Australian police contacted the international police and would head to Indonesia to investigate the case.
What happened next had nothing to do with Li Du and the others. Their roles were the ones who discovered the abducted children, the good foreigners who acted bravely for a just cause, and the Australian heroes.
Yes, the group of people had temporarily become heroes, especially Lu Guan. He was considered to be the first person to make the discovery. After the police and the media had processed the story, the discovery process had become somewhat legendary.
Li Du and the others had helped the police a lot by helping them solve a serious case that could have been solved without a clue. Therefore, the police reciprocated by saying a lot of good things about them in front of the media.
In particular, the police praised Lu Guan as a man with great courage and a sense of justice. They also introduced his extraordinary hearing and insight to the outside world.
On top of that, they also made a fortune.
Australia's National Missing Persons Coordination Center was a very important department with a large amount of money donated by the community to help them track down missing people.
Every missing child case gave a huge reward. For example, in the case of the disappearance of Little Superman Howard, anyone who provided a useful clue could get a reward of 100,000 Australian dollars.
Li Du and the others found four children at once. All four of them were carrying bonuses, a total of 1.8 million Australian dollars!
It was a huge sum of money, and according to Australian law, such a reward was not subject to tax.
When the case was solved, the police gave the money to Li Du and the others.
Although they had been delayed for four days and failed to harvest black gold abalone, Li Du and the others had made more money. It seemed that they had made a profit.
What they made the most was that because Li Du and the others had made a great contribution to the stability of Australian society, they also received another reward: the right to harvest black gold abalone for the whole year!
The black gold abalone harvesting season lasted six months, which was considered a long time. After all, the harvesting season for most of the precious seafood in the world was almost a dozen days or so.
For example, king crab fishing in Alaska was only available for more than ten days a year.
However, because black gold abalone could only be harvested by free diving, no tools were allowed, and there were strict restrictions on harvesting qualifications, this resource was well protected.
Australia had been protecting black gold abalone harvesting for nearly 30 years, and after years of recuperation, the population of black gold abalone had recovered well.
Therefore, the Department of Fisheries and Hunting and the Department of Oceans were gradually relaxing the restrictions on harvesting black gold abalone.
In the past, when protection was at its strongest, the harvesting period was only one and a half months a year, but it was gradually relaxed to six months.
Li Du and the others were rewarded by the Department of Fisheries and Hunting, which allowed them to harvest all year round, but still did not allow the use of tools.
The Department of Fisheries and Hunting and the Department of Oceans issued them a fishing permit, which was awarded along with the reward at a press conference held by the police.
The press conference was held in the lobby of the Hobart Police Station. Li Du arranged for Hans and Lu Guan to attend as representatives, both of whom loved to be in the limelight.
Sophie, Hannah, and the others, who had been traveling in Tasmania, returned and attended the press conference with Li Du and the others as spectators.
The guardians of the four rescued children also attended the press conference. In order to protect the children, Howard and the others did not appear. They were still in the hospital.
The case attracted the attention of all of Australia, so the press conference was relatively large, and many international media outlets sent people to attend.
Hans and Lu Guan were constantly asked questions by reporters. They were quick and eloquent, which was very suitable for this kind of occasion.
In fact, their answers were not difficult. As long as they said something nice, the media would not embarrass them because they were heroes. The media embarrassed the police and the Australian National Missing Persons Coordination Center.
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