Even though they knew that there must be something fishy about a person who had been dead for almost a year suddenly popping up. However, when they first heard the news, they still felt a chill run down their spines.
Regardless of whether their hearts were cold or not, since there was a clue, they naturally had to pursue it. However, it was not easy for a person to fake his death. From the death diagnosis to the cremation, there were many people and departments that needed to go through.
If Zhou Chongyu was "Old Man Zhou," then among the people who helped him fake his death back then, would there be someone who was still in contact with him or could contact him?
If the task force provided information with great fanfare and asked Singapore to help confirm the information, would the insiders leak the information to cover up the truth or for other purposes?
After all, although Zhou Chongyu was Chinese, he was a Singaporean, and the school he taught in was also in Singapore. All the procedures regarding his death were completed in Singapore.
Moreover, from the information collected so far, "Old Man Zhou" was very likely an important figure in a secret drug manufacturing den.
If the investigation was accidentally leaked, then it would bring unpredictable difficulties to the task force's follow-up work.
Considering the complexity and uncontrollable nature of the situation, Gao Sheng immediately reported it to the Municipal Bureau, and the Municipal Bureau submitted an application for assistance to the Provincial Department. Soon, the Provincial Department sent back information that they would arrange for people to go to Singapore to conduct a security check.
The task force for further investigation on Zhou Chongyu was handed over, but the case still had to be investigated. Because the task force was short of manpower, Qu Sen, who was originally an idle person, was also assigned a task by Gao Sheng because of his "good eye".
He was asked to stay in the network monitoring room with a few investigators on duty and watch the surveillance wall in shifts.
There were more than twenty monitors on the wall, monitoring Wu Entai's residence, Lin Haizhen's residence, and the company. There was also the surveillance footage of the two suspects' rooms in the Kapok International Hotel.
There was also another set of surveillance footage of a room with three people in the Youmei Express Hotel in the south of the city. The three men in the room were the three subordinates of "Li Xiang" who entered Huacheng City separately.
Qu Sen just sat there and stared at Surveillance Qiang. Other than feeling a little bored, he was actually fine.
Not only did the investigators on duty have to keep an eye on the surveillance screen, but they also had to pay attention to the 50 audio channels. Once any of the pickups were in a state of reception, they had to immediately listen in and record it.
"How is it? Did you find anything? "Jia Chengliang, who had just returned from the Narcotics Squad, walked into the monitoring room and patted Qu Sen's shoulder.
"Li Xiang just made a call with his mobile phone. Judging from his tone, he should be contacting his subordinates. He has already informed the technical department to investigate."
As Qu Sen spoke, the investigator next to him handed the monitoring record to Jia Chengliang. Jia Chengliang flipped through it and said with a slight smile, "You're quite cautious. Not only did you call me twice, you even changed your number every time you contacted me."
"It's normal to be cautious when dealing with drugs. Otherwise, you would have been promoted a long time ago." Gao Sheng stood at the door and said.
"Do you two captains have a lot of free time?" Qu Sen leaned back in his chair and asked with his head tilted back.
"We're here to do a surprise check on your work status." Gao Sheng chuckled and said.
"It's quite festive. What's the good news?" Qu Sen asked.
"It's been confirmed. That 'Elder Zhou' is Zhou Chongyu." Gao Sheng was still smiling.
"What else?" Qu Sen didn't think that the confirmation of Zhou Chongyu's identity would make Gao Sheng this happy.
"Okay, good eyesight. Take a guess." Gao Sheng asked as if he was testing him.
The movements of the suspects were all under the surveillance of the network monitoring room. If anything happened, Qu Sen was basically the first to know. Therefore, if something could make Gao Sheng happy, it must be something from the peripheral investigation.
There was progress, something that he didn't know yet. The first thing that came to Qu Sen's mind was "Li Xiang", the only person whose true identity couldn't be confirmed.
"Do you know who Li Xiang is?" Qu Sen maintained his posture and asked calmly.
"To be honest, come to me after you graduate." Gao Sheng didn't know how many times he had said this.
"Heh, I'll follow the organization's arrangements. If you really want to, you can tell my teacher." Qu Sen had a smirk on his face as he spoke.
"…" Gao Sheng was stunned. Jia Chengliang just came back from outside and didn't know what was going on. He couldn't help but pat him and ask, "Hurry up and tell me what's going on!"
Gao Sheng bared his teeth and smiled. He waved at the two of them and turned to walk toward his office.
Jia Chengliang immediately followed him. Although Qu Sen pretended to be calm, he was actually very curious. He signaled to the person on duty in the monitoring room and quickly followed.
Gao Sheng entered the office and casually picked up the kraft paper folder on the table. He bypassed the white seal and rummaged through it. He pulled out a few photos and threw them in front of Jia Chengliang and Qu Sen.
The two of them picked them up and looked at them. They realized that the photos weren't taken recently, and they were taken a long time ago. There was a photo of a family of three, and there was also a photo of a boy living alone.
The photo seemed to be the most recent one from now. It should be a photo of the boy when he was in college. He was wearing a Rockets basketball uniform and playing football on the court.
Jia Chengliang looked at all the photos. He picked up the photo of the boy playing football and squinted for a while. He licked his lips and said, "It looks a little like …"
"The face shape looks a little like Li Xiang. The facial features … don't really look like him." Qu Sen said what Jia Chengliang wanted to say.
"We can't be completely sure yet." Gao Sheng saw that the two of them had figured it out, so he directly threw the entire kraft paper folder over.
There was a case file in the kraft paper folder. It recorded that the case happened the year before last, which was 2001. During a drug raid, the Yanghe police found that the drugs they seized came from the Jinwan area. Immediately, the anti-drug police of the two cities began to work together to trace the source of the drug.
After more than two months of investigation, they confirmed that the source of the drug came from a couple from Xiangshan, Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin.
After further investigation, they found that the drugs this couple handled were said to be high-end goods directly supplied by overseas factories. Every time, they were indeed shipped in from the sea. But in fact, the purity of the drugs was not high.
As for whether the purity was not high, or the couple added something to it to make money, it was not clear yet.
In order to find the source of the drug, the task force worked with the maritime police to monitor the fishing boats and speedboats. But after all, the tracking and investigation on the sea lacked cover, so there was no guarantee of concealment.
Also, the ship owner was very vigilant. Not long after the police began their investigation, they were discovered by the other party.
Coincidentally, the mobile company had completed the coverage of the offshore communication base station. The ship owner saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately contacted Jin Wantao. Once the call was made, the entire drug distribution network was shocked.
The task force had no choice but to urgently close the net. After nearly a week of hard work, including the main culprits, Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin, they arrested a total of more than thirty people involved in drug trafficking.
After the arrest was completed, Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin knew that they were going to die, so they took a passive approach to the interrogation. The whole process could be described with eight words – silent, not saying a word.
But just because the two of them did not cooperate, it did not mean that their subordinates were tough guys. Soon, the ship owner in charge of receiving the drugs spoke.
According to him, every time he went to receive the drugs, he did not drive the ship too far. The destination was about fifteen nautical miles offshore, a small island reef that only appeared after the tide receded.
Also, he had never seen anyone deliver the drugs. Every time they arrived, the drugs were wrapped in waterproof packages and tied to a fixed reef beforehand.
The ship owner could be considered an old man in the "industry". He analyzed that the drugs were not from overseas. Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin said that just to cover their tracks.
Based on this situation, the task force did a lot of investigation work. But after nearly half a year, they still could not find the real source of Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin's drugs.
In the end, they could only close the case with regret.
The case was closed. The related criminals were sentenced and executed. But the head of the task force at the time, the captain of the task force, Qiao Yu, did not give up on the investigation.
After some hard work, he found out that Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin actually had a son.
It was just that they started out as smugglers. After they had a child, they were worried that one day something would happen and their family property would be confiscated by the government. So they placed their son's household register in someone else's house. A large portion of the money they earned over the years was also placed under their son's name.
Following this lead, Qiao Yu continued to investigate and more or less locked onto the identity of their "son." It was a young man named Ning Jiamu.
After some investigation, this young man named Ning Jiamu had graduated from university almost two years ago. After graduation, he claimed to be working outside and did not live with his nominal parents.
Moreover, Ning Jiamu's nominal parents were only receiving money to raise other people's children. They basically had no feelings for Ning Jiamu. When Qiao Yu asked, they did not even have Ning Jiamu's contact information.
After Qiao Yu failed to track down Ning Jiamu's whereabouts, he checked his room at his nominal parents' house.
Other than some worthless things, the only useful thing was a photo of Ning Jiamu when he was about 15 or 16 years old. It was a photo of him with Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin.
After the internal investigation of "Li Xiang" was sent out, Qiao Yu, who had not given up on investigating Ning Jiamu, immediately said when he saw the photo, "This Li Xiang is Ning Jiamu."
Although the difference in the photo was obvious, because of Qiao Yu's insistence, the comparison was sent to the provincial forensics center. After the analysis of the forensics experts, "Li Xiang" should have undergone plastic surgery.
After the facial bone characteristics were restored and quantified, the experts came to the conclusion that "Li Xiang" and Ning Jiamu were the same person.
The most effective way to determine if these two names represented the same person was a DNA test.
However, the task force was unable to find a comparison sample for the test in a short period of time.
They could only make a basic judgment based on their blood type. After checking the records, they found that Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin were both type B. Ning Jiamu's voluntary blood donation records during his time in school showed that he was also type B.
The field agents who were doing makeup and monitoring at the Kapok International Hotel found "Li Xiang's" hair on the pillow when they were cleaning the room. The test results showed that he was also type B.
Although this result did not really prove anything, it once again increased the suspicion that "Li Xiang" was Ning Jiamu.
Just as the task force was trying to find a comparison sample for the DNA test, "Li Xiang" took out a new phone card in the room.
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