Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 608 Ordinary people are not guilty of unexplained wealth

No?

Yu Dazhang frowned and looked around the supermarket.

Before Tan Rui was put into the police car, he asked about the whereabouts of the gold.

But Tan Rui's answer was: I don't know.

That's right, it's that simple and straightforward, without any attempt at disguise.

Yu Dazhang knew he was lying, but there was nothing he could do in this situation.

After much thought, he still felt that the supermarket was the most likely place where Tan Rui had hidden the gold.

"Did you search the whole thing?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"We've searched every possible hiding place," the officer replied.

"They even pried open the toilet tank."

That's certainly thorough enough... Yu Dazhang looked up again.

This supermarket has no suspended ceiling; it's just a concrete floor above, so there's no way to hide anything.

He had just been to the basement. It wasn't a big place, and if the gold was hidden there, it would be found very quickly.

That's amazing.

Did he not get the gold back?

It's quite possible... Yu Dazhang only realized at this moment that the Tan brothers' plan was not just about how to commit crimes.

Their ultimate goal is most likely how to dispose of the ransom.

Perhaps exchanging gold is just their first step.

And this first step was something he had helped them complete... Thinking of this, Yu Dazhang immediately said to Lü Zhongxin beside him:

"Master, quickly take some men to the village; they may very well have taken the gold back."

Previously, when they were in the basement, Tan Rui had personally stated that he had come to release the hostages.

Under what circumstances would he do this?
The answer is simple: after the ransom is settled.

That's 168.5 jin of gold, and it was processed so quickly?
Unless a place to hide the gold was prepared in advance, there simply wasn't enough time.

We arrived in the village.

The master and apprentice immediately arranged for police officers to search the suspect's home.

No search warrant required?
Let's take a look at the current offender.

Since the suspect has been arrested, a search warrant can be used to search for concealed evidence of a crime.

After making the arrangements, the master and apprentice arrived at the Tan family's residence and broke down the door.

The two then conducted a thorough search inside and outside the house.

ten minutes later.

"It's not inside."

"We didn't find it outside either."

The master and apprentice looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Yu Dazhang said unwillingly:

"Search again."

He didn't believe the Tan brothers would dare to hide so much gold outside.

This time, it took the two of them a full fifteen minutes.

"No," Lü Zhongxin said with a solemn expression.

“I’ve knocked on every single wall in the house, so I can be sure they’re all solid.”

Yu Dazhang shook his head in disappointment:
"I didn't find it either. There was no fresh soil turned up in the yard, and I dug all the way under the wall with a shovel, but I didn't find any signs of hiding anything."

It can now be basically confirmed that Tan Rui did not hide the gold at home.

At that moment, Lü Zhongxin's phone rang.

"Hey?"

"Are you sure?"

"okay, I get it."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at his apprentice and said:

"Our men searched Tan Rui's house in town, but they didn't find any gold."

No? Yu Dazhang sorted it out in his mind.

Supermarkets, villages, and homes in towns—these are the places Tan Rui is most familiar with, and also the places most likely to hide things.

If we rule out those places, where else could he have hidden the gold? Did he really hide it in the wild?
If that's the case, then finding it will be extremely difficult.

If they had prepared a place to hide the gold in advance, they certainly wouldn't have hidden it near the village; it could have been anywhere along the route from the western suburbs to the village.

It's only a ten-minute drive, but there are so many places to pass through. It's not realistic to search such a large area by manpower alone.

"Have you checked the road surveillance footage?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"I've already had someone investigate," Lü Zhongxin nodded and replied.

"However, in my opinion, the chances are slim; they clearly planned this in advance."

"Moreover, when they were moving the gold around the village, none of us knew what kind of transportation they used in the end."

He sighed:
"We can't even be sure if it was Tan Rui who went to make the contact."

This is indeed a problem… Yu Dazhang frowned.

The police eventually found the motorcycle that Tan Mou used to move the gold. Since the gold was not found, it means that Tan Mou was not the last link in the chain.

He even schemed against himself, all to protect the ransom.

Just then, Lü Zhongxin's phone rang again.

"Hey?"

"how much is it?"

"Okay, we'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, he immediately said to Da Zhang:

"There's something going on at the Qi family's place; they found 500,000 yuan in cash there."

So much money? Yu Dazhang was stunned.

He had visited the Qi family before; they were so poor they were barely able to afford food, and they didn't look like a family with 500,000 yuan in savings.

After leaving the Tan family's house and locking the door, the master and apprentice immediately headed to the Qi family's house.

As soon as I entered the Qi family's courtyard, I heard the old man from before shouting loudly inside the house:
"What right do you have to take my retirement money? Is there no law anymore? You're ransacking my house in broad daylight!"

Upon entering the house, Yu Dazhang saw the old man sitting in a chair against the wall, panting heavily, clearly very angry.

Two police officers were nearby trying to calm the situation down.

Upon approaching, Yu Dazhang asked directly:

"We've met before, do you remember?"

The old man looked up at him, then nodded:

"I remember you."

"That's good." Yu Dazhang smiled.
"We don't want to take your money, we just need you to explain where the money came from."

His good attitude was not because the old man was old.

Rather, the other party could simply choose not to answer the question.

Doesn't the state have a crime of possessing huge amounts of unexplained wealth?
Moreover, a crime can be established if the amount exceeds 300,000.

Fun fact...

Ordinary people will not be guilty of the crime of unexplained wealth; this crime only applies to state employees.

Therefore, the elderly person is perfectly free to not answer.

Unfortunately, few people of this age understand the law.

"I saved this money little by little."

There's no need to observe micro-expressions at all. When the old man said this, his eyes darted around, and even his tone of voice changed. Anyone could tell that he was guilty.

"Who gave you permission to take the money?" Yu Dazhang turned to the police officer beside him and said.

"Take the money back and return it to them."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to a police officer at the doorway.

"But this involves money of dubious origin; it could be embezzled funds..."

The police officer was carrying a cloth bag, clearly indicating he didn't want to return the money.

"Where's the evidence?"

Yu Dazhang interrupted:

“If you say this is stolen money, then produce evidence that this money is stolen money. If you can’t produce it, then I have reason to suspect that you used your position to commit burglary.”

The moment he said that, all the police officers in the room were stunned.

That makes sense, but...

Whose side are you on?

(End of this chapter)