Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 384 Quite good at hiding!
Half an hour later, the dispatched police dogs also arrived at the scene.

In search operations like this, the nose is often more useful than the eyes.

Even in places invisible to the human eye, special police dogs can easily locate targets by scent.

This will be a perfect collaboration between humans and animals... Yu Dazhang was once again impressed by Hua's organizational and coordination abilities.

Will the helicopter appear in a little while?

I've never ridden in a police helicopter before... Yu Dazhang couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He knew that the provincial department was equipped with helicopters, mainly for carrying out emergency rescue and handling major cases.

Ten minutes later, the special police's riot control vehicles and military trucks arrived one after another.

Half past eight in the morning.

The search operation in the mountains has officially begun.

Police cars led the way, followed closely by various police units, and drove up the mountain in a grand procession.

Yu Dazhang led the task force to wait by the roadside.

Following communication with the Hua team last night, the Guangzhou police decided to cooperate with the provincial police officers to escort the arrested suspects to Liancheng.

At 9:20 a.m., Yu Dazhang and his team handed over the suspect to the Yangcheng police on the side of the road and then took him back to the Liancheng City Police Station.

Upon arriving at the municipal bureau, the interrogation work immediately commenced in a tense yet orderly manner.

Seven men and one woman were taken to separate interrogation rooms.

At the same time, the computer screen in the observation room simultaneously displayed the surveillance footage from each interrogation room.

The subsequent interrogation went very smoothly, and with almost no effort, all eight people confessed.

Experience has shown that the more organized the crime, the easier it is to break through.

According to their confessions, people had been arresting mentally disabled people at the train station as early as eleven years ago.

Two of them have been doing this job since that time.

Unlike the sentries and foot soldiers, they did not have a fixed salary; their cooperation with the organization was based on a headcount system.

How much you earn depends entirely on your personal ability.

Even the two who had worked there the longest didn't know exactly where the underground prison was.

They didn't even know that these mentally disabled people were doing cheap labor in N province.

They then implicated their counterparts in two other regions.

Just as Yu Dazhang and his team had predicted, this situation wasn't limited to Guangzhou Railway Station; it was present in various parts of D Province.

Those who engage in such illegal activities are usually introduced by acquaintances.

So once someone is caught, they will definitely implicate a few people who are closely related to them.

As the interrogation progressed, more and more information related to the case was uncovered.

The busiest member of the task force was undoubtedly Captain Hua.

For cases involving other provinces, he is responsible for communicating and cooperating with the local police.

Yu Dazhang and his team went to Guangzhou mainly to find clues. Now that they have found the approximate location of the underground prison, they no longer need to personally make the arrests.

2 p.m.

News came from the mountain that the search operation was not going well.

The large force, led by the chief commander, searched the mountain road twice, and even conducted a thorough search of both sides of the road, but still could not find the underground prison.

Municipal Bureau Conference Room.

Yu Dazhang and Hua Dui sat facing each other.

“Continuing the investigation like this won’t help the case progress.” Yu Dazhang pinched his temples in frustration.

"They knew absolutely nothing about the organization's key information."

He had thought these people would know some important inside information, but he didn't expect to only get some simple information out of them.

Even if their entire supply chain is shut down, it won't make any real difference to the case.

As long as the main culprit remains at large, the case will remain unsolved.

"It's not to say it was completely unhelpful," Team Leader Hua said in a comforting tone.
"If it weren't for these people, we wouldn't have been able to follow the clues and pinpoint that mountain."

He knew that Yu Dazhang was agitated because the operation on the mountain was not going well. The search could not continue indefinitely.

So many resources have been invested, and every minute and second is consuming manpower and financial resources. If we still can't find it in the end, we'll have to stop.

Besides, there are people doing business on the mountain.

Most agricultural and livestock farming operations are conducted in the mountains.

Moreover, there is a tourist attraction on the mountain in Liancheng, with resorts, restaurants, and hotels built next to it.

Prolonged closures of mountains and roads will definitely affect the normal operations of businesses.

"Let's stop the interrogation for now," Yu Dazhang said to Team Leader Hua.
"It's been almost five hours. If we continue the interrogation, it will be a war of attrition, which will be a huge drain on our resources."

"Okay." Team Leader Hua agreed and walked out of the conference room.

Once only Yu Dazhang was left in the room, he placed his hand on the table and tapped his fingers rhythmically.

He was in a hurry to interrogate the suspects because he wanted to extract some useful information that could help with the search operation in the mountains.

After such a long review, not a single piece of valuable information was found.

This inevitably made him feel somewhat frustrated and disappointed.

"You're quite good at hiding it," he remarked softly.

So many people went up the mountain to search, even with police dogs, but they still haven't found it.

Although Yu Dazhang had no experience in searching mountains, he had heard of a case.

In 2009, a heinous murder occurred in G province.

A family of five was murdered, including two elderly people, a woman, and two children.

According to villagers, the suspect has fled into the mountains.

Subsequently, the police dispatched 400 people to search the mountain for 15 hours, and finally arrested him.

This illustrates the difficulty of searching the mountains.

It took a full 15 hours for so many people to catch just one person, even with the deployment of police dogs.

Without police dogs, they might not have been able to catch him in the end.

Zhang Chao and his group must have disguised the entrance to the underground prison; otherwise, they would have been discovered long ago.

Just as Da Zhang was pondering what methods the other party would use to disguise themselves, Team Leader Hua opened the door and returned.

"It's a call from President Long." He handed the phone to Yu Dazhang:
"Just listen to it."

Found it? Yu Dazhang was overjoyed and immediately took the phone, holding it to his ear:

"President Long."

"Get ready." Boss Long's voice was somewhat urgent.

"A police helicopter will be coming to pick you up shortly."

He was so happy for nothing... Yu Dazhang knew as soon as he heard that they hadn't found the entrance, otherwise why would they have come to pick him up?

They even used police helicopters, which shows how urgent things are on their end.

"You want me to come over?" Yu Dazhang couldn't help but ask.

The problem is, I wasn't very useful in the past.

Even the police dogs couldn't find him, let alone him.

"We've searched everywhere we could think of." Mr. Long's voice was filled with helplessness.

"We've searched the entire mountain, but we still haven't found the place. It will be dark in four hours, and we need you to give it a try before then."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang was taken aback for a moment, but then he immediately understood the meaning behind President Long's words.

No wonder he became the chief captain; he speaks with such skill.

It not only made the matter clear but also subtly expressed the specific needs.

Translating his words, it means...

We've searched everywhere, and now we seriously doubt your judgment. We can't find it. If you're so capable, come and find it yourself.

(End of this chapter)