"What clues?"
Li Hui answered, "Lin Hongping has a total of fifteen SIM cards under her name."
"Why does she need so many SIM cards?" Han Bin muttered. Lin Hongping had basically used up all the slots of the three major operators.
With the development of society, mobile phones were becoming more and more popular. More and more people used mobile phones, and many people had more than one SIM card.
Take Han Bin for example. He had a total of three SIM cards. One of them was from Quancheng, which he hadn't used for a long time. The other two SIM cards were from Qingdao. He had chosen different operators based on different needs. One was mainly used for work calls, and the other was used for life and entertainment.
For him, two SIM cards were basically enough. Of course, due to the different nature of work, some people would apply for more phones. Three, four, or even five were possible. But to apply for all fifteen SIM cards, no matter how one looked at it, was a problem.
If this Lin Hongping only had two SIM cards, as long as they located her second SIM card, they might be able to find her location.
However, the problem now was that she had fifteen SIM cards. Putting aside the fact that it would be a waste of police resources, those SIM cards might not even be used by her. If they rashly went to investigate, it was very likely that the information would be leaked.
"Do you have the detailed records of those SIM cards?"
"Yes," Li Hui answered and took out a document and handed it to Han Bin.
Han Bin flipped through the information and quickly locked onto a suspicious phone number.
Han Bin pointed at the number 1353259 XXX. "Get the technical team to help locate this number."
Zhao Ming asked, "Captain Han, she has so many phone numbers. How can you be sure that this SIM card is used by Lin Hongping?"
"If you take a closer look, you'll notice that this SIM card was applied for first. It was applied in June 2009. As for the other SIM cards, they were all applied in 2017, and the interval between the applications was very short. "Han Bin pointed at the call records at the back.
"From the call records, some of the numbers have not been used, some have been used very few times, and some have been used a lot, far more than ordinary people."
"These phone numbers are not normal. They don't seem to be used by ordinary people."
Li Hui and Han Bin had similar thoughts. He instructed Tian Li, "Just do as Captain Han says."
Li Hui tilted his head and said to Han Bin, "Let's go out for a smoke."
The two of them walked to the corridor near the window. Li Hui handed Han Bin a cigarette. "What do you think Lin Hongping does? Why does she have so many phone numbers?"
Han Bin took the cigarette and pondered for a moment. "Multi-level marketing, fraud, these are the two most likely scenarios."
Li Hui lit his cigarette and took a drag. "It seems that we won't return empty-handed from this investigation."
Han Bin laughed. "Even if we can't catch a big fish, we can still catch a few shrimps."
Li Hui asked, "You said that Lin Hongping is a fish? Or shrimp? "
Han Bin puffed out a mouthful of smoke. "Such a stupid fish is rare nowadays."
"That's true." Li Hui agreed. It was a society with advanced information technology. Criminal suspects were getting smarter, especially the masterminds of criminal gangs. They rarely showed such obvious loopholes.
Of course, this didn't mean that Lin Hongping wasn't important. As long as she was involved in the amusement park murder case, the police could use her surrounding clues to find the mastermind of the case.
Ring ring ring … At that moment, Han Bin's phone rang. He took it out and saw Ding Xifeng's number on the screen.
Han Bin pressed the answer button. "Captain."
Ding Xifeng's voice came through the phone. "The amusement park case has caused quite a stir. It's even on the news."
"Because there are too many witnesses, and many of them are self-media, it's difficult to control them. I'm currently assisting the Criminal Investigation Unit of Yuhua Branch to investigate the case."
"Is there any progress on the case?"
"There's some progress, but some clues need to be investigated further."
Ding Xifeng was silent for a moment, then said, "Because the amusement park case will have a greater impact, according to the instructions of the bureau leader, we have to set up a joint task force with Yuhua Branch to keep an eye on the progress of the case and solve the case as soon as possible."
"The team leader of the joint task force will be Bureau Chief Dai Minghan. You'll be the deputy team leader. If you need manpower, you can transfer people from Second Squadron. Report to me if there's anything."
Ding Xifeng gave a few more instructions before hanging up.
Han Bin wasn't too surprised.
He took out another cigarette and smoked while chatting with Li Hui.
Both of them were busy with work and rarely had time to chat.
…
Half an hour later, Tian Li hurried back to the office.
"Captain Han, team leader, the technical team has located Lin Hongping's phone number."
Han Bin stood up and stretched his limbs. "Let's go and see if it's a fish or a shrimp."
…
Near Chenhua Street and Jiaoyuan Road.
Two cars stopped nearby, and Han Bin, Li Hui, and the others got out of the car.
Han Bin glanced around. The phone's location showed that it was nearby, but he couldn't determine which building it was.
Fortunately, there were no residential buildings nearby, or it would be much more difficult.
Han Bin looked at his team members and said, "You all know the mission. Lin Hongping should be nearby. I've sent the photo to the group. Report to me if you see anyone who looks similar."
"Yes." Everyone responded and split up into groups of two to carry out their tasks.
Han Bin and Li Hui were in a group, and they pointed to a Shaanxi noodle restaurant not far away. "Let's go over there and take a look."
It was just eleven o 'clock in the afternoon, and the noodle restaurant was already open for business, but there were no customers yet.
After the two entered the noodle restaurant, a waiter immediately came over and asked, "What would you like to eat, sirs?"
Han Bin looked around the noodle restaurant, and the menu and signature dishes were pasted on the wall. The signature dish of the restaurant was the Hot Oil Noodles. A big bowl of wide noodles, sprinkled with red chili powder, green chopped onions, and a ladle of hot oil was poured over it. It looked very appetizing.
Han Bin pulled a chair and sat down. "A bowl of Hot Oil Noodles, please."
He had to wake up early for work and eat early, so he was already hungry.
Li Hui was stunned for a moment, and he stared at Han Bin as if to say, "Are you really here to eat noodles?"
Han Bin crossed his legs. "What would you like to eat? It's my treat."
Li Hui rubbed his nose and sat down as well. "Give me a bowl of noodle soup."
"What would you like to drink? We also have cold dishes."
"Water is fine," Han Bin was too lazy to move, and he said to Li Hui, "Go and see what cold dishes we have."
Li Hui waved his hand. "Noodles are fine, cold dishes are fine."
The waiter turned and left.
Li Hui sat next to him and whispered, "Bro, you haven't forgotten why we're here, right? Why are we eating already?"
"I'm hungry. I've been wanting to eat a bowl of Hot Oil Noodles for a long time." Han Bin shrugged. "They can go and find someone. Maybe they'll hear from us after we eat a bowl of noodles."
Li Hui smiled bitterly. "Is that okay?"
Han Bin did not mind. "If they can't even do such a small thing, what else can they do?"
"Also, let's try it first. If it's good, we can ask them to come over later."
"That's fine too." Li Hui seemed to have thought it through, and he confirmed, "You're treating?"
"Of course."
Li Hui stood up. "I'll go see what cold dishes we have."
Han Bin was speechless.
Not long after, Li Hui came over with a plate full of cold dishes. It was a platter with peanuts, shredded potatoes, shredded tofu, and shredded kelp.
Han Bin picked up a shredded potato with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. It tasted pretty good.
Because there were only two customers in the restaurant, the noodles were ready very quickly. Two waiters came over from the kitchen with the noodles.
One of the waitresses caught Han Bin's attention. She was not tall, in her forties, and looked somewhat similar to Lin Hongping.
However, Lin Hongping's ID photo was younger, and she looked a little different from her current appearance.
Han Bin asked the waitress, "Do you have garlic?"
The waitress answered, "It's on the table over there. You can go and get it if you want."
Ji Nan's accent matched.
It was her.
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