Selina frowned. "Anyone who stays close to it for more than two minutes will be told to get lost by the security guards. If they dared to show up again, the FBI agents would probably start investigating their relatives. How could they succeed? "
Luke hummed a response and suddenly turned on the walkie-talkie. "Sonia, find out which bank the missing cash truck belonged to in the murder of a police officer and robbery case."
Sonia was an expert in intelligence gathering and network technology, and could be considered a professional with a bright future in the Major Crimes Division.
Sonia replied two minutes later. "Luke, the truck happened to belong to the bank in Piclavey that was robbed this morning."
Pondering for a moment, Luke said, "Then check if the truck had anything to do with the Federal Reserve's Los Angeles branch."
Sonia was even quicker this time. "Yes, they deliver the bank's money here every day."
Luke nodded and ended the call.
Realizing what was going on, Selina's eyes widened. "Are you saying that they robbed the truck and wanted to use it to sneak in and rob the bank?"
Luke nodded, but then shook his head. "If I have to say anything, I'm more inclined to say that they wanted to steal the money from here."
The bank of banks was, of course, the Federal Reserve.
Messing with the FBI wasn't the same as messing with the Federal Reserve, which was America's money bag.
No matter how stupid the robbers were, they wouldn't really go in and rob the bank. Those idiots wouldn't be able to rob so many times; they could be killed on the spot if they made one mistake.
The Federal Reserve had a lot of security to begin with. If the robbers really did launch a large-scale attack, tens of thousands of LAPD and LASD officers would swarm out and surround the place.
Luke checked the time. It was already past three in the afternoon.
Telling Sonia and the others to keep an eye on the building's exit, Luke drove around the area.
Half an hour later, Sonia suddenly called him. "Luke, something's up."
Luke said, "What is it?"
"Big Nick is here with two cars of county officers. They've caught a black man who just left the Federal Reserve branch and are beating him up," said Sonia.
Luke said, "Don't do anything rash. Pay attention to your surroundings. I'll be right there."
With a turn of the steering wheel, he turned the car around. When he passed the underground vehicle entrance of the Federal Reserve branch, a garbage truck drove out and happened to be in front of him.
Luke's nose twitched. He smelled a lot of cash.
But this smell … was a little strange.
"Monitor the garbage truck up ahead," said Luke.
Suddenly, another garbage truck appeared from the side, cut into the front, and accelerated forward.
Luke was stunned. Two garbage trucks?
This kind of situation wasn't unheard of, but it was definitely rare.
Garbage trucks were usually divided into different areas, so it wasn't strange for them to cross paths occasionally. However, at this time and place, it just so happened to coincide with a garbage truck that came out of a Federal Reserve branch. This was very unusual.
What was even stranger was that there was also a strange smell of cash in that car. It was very similar to the car in front, but slightly different.
"Luke, Nick took the black man away. Should we go after them?" Sonia told him something new.
Narrowing his eyes, Luke pondered for a few seconds and said, "No, I'll be right back. Stay here and don't do anything."
At that moment, the garbage truck in front of them quickly left the street and turned left.
The garbage truck in front of Luke, however, slowed down and slowly moved forward at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour.
Luke slowed down as well and tapped the steering wheel with his left hand.
About a minute later, the car also drove out of the street, but it turned right.
Luke's car followed suit.
Selina suddenly said, "Luke, someone's robbing the garbage truck in front of us."
Luke: "What?" What kind of operation was robbing a garbage truck?
He quickly glanced at the tablet that Selina had turned around and saw that, a few hundred meters away, a man was pointing a gun at the driver's seat of the garbage truck. He chased the driver out of the truck, then … he got into the truck and drove it away. Gone, gone.
What a marvelous operation! Luke suddenly smiled and looked at the garbage truck in front of him.
He suddenly turned on the walkie-talkie. "Sonia, follow the garbage truck in front of me. Do you see it?"
Sonia's voice rang out a moment later. "I see it. Got it."
Luke said, "Don't get too close. Just follow it and don't let it slip away. I'll call the boss, and you can stop the garbage truck together. "
"Okay, don't worry. I'll keep an eye on it," replied Sonia.
Luke cut off the walkie-talkie and made a call. "Boss, there's a small situation."
Elsa asked, "What's going on?"
Luke said, "I have two suspicious garbage trucks here. I suspect that a bunch of robbers are using garbage trucks to move their loot. An armed robber has hijacked a garbage truck on my side, and I'm not sure about Sonia's truck. So, I've asked Sonia to keep an eye on the garbage truck and wait for your backup. "
Elsa said, "Got it. I'll contact Sonia right away. Is there anything else?"
Luke said, "These robbers are probably from the regular army, and they're very ruthless. They killed four county officers just a few days ago. Safety first. Boss, you'd better gather more men and weapons before you take action. "
Elsa said, "Okay, I'll ask Dustin for backup."
Luke said, "It's best if we take that garbage truck back to our department and slowly examine its contents. Do you understand? Boss. "
Elsa: "… I know that better than you."
The combination of professional robbers and loot meant that there was probably a large amount of cash in the garbage truck. If they didn't bring it back to the police station to clean it up, it might cause a lot of trouble.
This trouble might come from the outside world, or it might come from the police officers involved in the operation. Elsa naturally knew that.
After the call, Luke turned the car around and chased after the garbage truck that had been stolen.
A moment later, Sonia said over the walkie-talkie, "Luke, I've caught up to it. Elsa called me too."
Luke said, "Listen to Elsa. I'll call you if I need anything."
Sonia said, "Understood." After ending the call, the detective sighed helplessly.
He had planned to follow Luke to see what was going on, but it turned out that the two suspects had split up. How depressing.
But she was a professional, and quickly put aside the distracting thoughts and focused on following the garbage truck up ahead.
Luke wasn't too concerned about the garbage truck; he was more interested in the robbers.
Following the stolen garbage truck, Luke arrived at a secluded dump for abandoned cars.
He didn't approach it, but stopped at a distance. After closing his eyes for a long time, he opened them with a strange expression.
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