National Forensic Doctor

Chapter 1332: Chapter 1258 Stew

That night, upon receiving the message, the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Changyang City sent personnel to Ningtai County.

The director personally led Huang Qiangmin and others in providing an exceptional reception.

For the county bureau level, the entire Ningtai County Bureau rarely interacts with the Anti-Smuggling Bureau.

Smuggling is a major crime, which in practical terms is divided into drug smuggling under the narcotics department, counterfeit money smuggling under economic investigation, smuggling of prohibited items under public security, and goods smuggling like automobiles under the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau’s management.

Ningtai County is not coastal, and any smuggling cases that occasionally arise are simply transferred to Changyang City’s Anti-Smuggling Bureau, with the two often only communicating through paperwork and rarely collaborating.

Unless the Changyang City Anti-Smuggling Bureau is particularly interested in Jiang Yuan.

There is no Customs department in Shannan Province, so the Changyang City Customs is the highest administrative agency within the province, with its subordinate Anti-Smuggling Bureau mainly responsible for all anti-smuggling tasks in the province. It’s a standard department-level unit, although within the police hierarchy, it is relatively independent.

The visitor was the Chief of the Investigation Section, Wan Quan, who brought along two cars and eight people, clearly not just a casual visit.

Everyone tacitly set up a scene in the canteen of Ningtai County for a hearty pot stew!

The police officers from the Anti-Smuggling Bureau’s Investigation Section were stunned when they saw a pot large enough for over a dozen people. Can modern unit canteens be this extravagant?

Huang Qiangmin coughed twice, then stepped forward and said, "This iron pot stew has a history. We discovered it when we were on the run in the Northeast, introduced by a local police bureau. Later, Jiang Yuan provided them with several remote services, and since the local police bureau felt indebted, they sponsored us this pot. Considering their genuine gesture, we accepted it. Look, there’s even a nameplate underneath."

Wan Quan bent down to look, and the nameplate was right under his feet:

Loyalty and Responsibility, Passionate Protection of the People

——Dedicated to Ningtai Jiangyuan by the entire Criminal Investigation Brigade of Heshan City.

The metal nameplate, in a vibrant orange, looked exceptionally sincere.

Wan Quan took a deep breath of steam, this is the status in the world!

"Today’s iron pot stew recipe is also provided by the Criminal Police Brigade of Heshan City. It’s a dual beef cut with brisket and shank. Also, special note, the brisket and shank were gifted to the Ningtai County Bureau by Jiang Yuan’s father, who not only didn’t charge a penny but also helped us cut and portion them. Additionally, the mushrooms in the pot were sent by the Guqi City Bureau, the yellow wine by the Mei Yang City Bureau, and the cornmeal for the corn cakes by the Chiyong City Bureau..."

"Isn’t this considered... a collective meal?" Wan Quan, also a knowledge-based police officer, but today his knowledge was challenged, made a rather inappropriate comment and quickly amended, "I mean, it’s truly an achievement to satisfy everyone across different areas."

"Our canteen is always stocked with supplies sent by units from various places..." The director said, "Let me tell you a story. Once during a meeting, I specifically asked Jiang Yuan to attend, and I saw him playing with his mobile phone. At that time, I said, we’re having a formal meeting, everyone should put their phones away. Guess what happened?"

Wan Quan quickly cooperated, "What happened?"

"In just the time it took to say two sentences, the leader called me directly, saying Jiang Yuan was solving their problem at that moment, while I was here dealing with all sorts of formalities..." The director laughed heartily.

Jiang Yuan and Huang Qiangmin exchanged glances without saying a word. The original version of the story was definitely not like that, but the director selectively told the story, which was naturally not a problem.

Wan Quan listened in admiration, "Truly impressive!"

"Impressive, right? What’s impressive is that he really solved the case for them in the time it took me to make a speech for a few minutes. I was wasting so many people’s time with my speech, while Jiang Yuan’s few minutes saved those people days of work..." The director lamented.

"Truly impressive." Wan Quan felt his knowledge swell in his chest, oversaturated.

"Try this brisket, it’s very tender! Use the communal chopsticks." The director used communal chopsticks to pass a piece of beef to Wan Quan.

Wan Quan quickly held out his bowl and was soon caught up in the complex table etiquette.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan silently scooped himself a big bowl of beef and slowly began to eat. Today, with the director present, the middle-ranking cadres had no chance to speak, and he certainly didn’t need to speak.

However, a banquet without alcohol doesn’t last long. In a blink of an eye, the cups and plates were a mess, then cleaned up, setting up the files Wan Quan brought.

Most of the topics had already been discussed while the stew was cooking. Now they officially entered the professional field.

Wan Quan switched expressions, seriously saying, "We’ve been tracking the 929 automotive smuggling case for nearly two years!"

With just one sentence at the opening, everyone understood the depths involved.

Two years—police time doesn’t have many two-year periods!

Wan Quan continued, "For this case, we’ve sent multiple undercover agents, but the current information mainly covers their smuggling and sales networks. We still know very little about the middle and upper-level organizers."

"That car is of great importance, can we trace the source of the import certificate?" Huang Qiangmin raised this sensitive question.

For an imported car, the import certificate is like a birth certificate. It allows the car to be registered and thus grants it full road use rights.

Needless to say, the management of import certificates is still very strict, but there are loopholes that can be exploited.

The simplest and most basic trick is using one’s own car to disguise another. Buy an imported car and a smuggled car of the same model and color, and change the smuggled car’s frame and engine numbers to match. So long as the two cars aren’t on the road simultaneously, the traffic police usually won’t notice.

For some, this method is quite cost-effective, like people who frequently travel between two cities, keeping a car in each city and driving the respective car where they go. Since it’s oneself driving, the cars never need to be on the road at the same time.

A slightly more difficult method is to buy a scrapped car and use its import certificate for a new imported car. Whether the scrapped car can be repaired or not, it can be withdrawn from circulation.

The most challenging is to create an import certificate from scratch, which is the most profitable but also the hardest to trace.

However, regardless of the model, there’s always a way to follow the trail. Finding a single defective import certificate can potentially trace more issues.

Wan Quan surprisingly shook his head and said, "The other side mainly smuggles vehicles, and the import certificates are handled by their sales agents here. They essentially buy these certificates, ranging from several tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands each. This aspect ends here."

Jiang Yuan nodded, taking over the discussion, "This is my first exposure to a smuggling case. Any ideas on why you’ve come to me?" noveldrama

Wan Quan had undoubtedly considered this and had no hesitation, saying, "We have seized dozens of vehicles here already. I’m considering whether you could perform a round of fingerprint analysis, checking all the fingerprints in the cars. I believe that these automotive smugglers might not wear gloves when handling the cars, right?"

"That’s like finding a needle in a haystack!" Huang Qiangmin immediately objected, "Even with just a few cars, fingerprint analysis takes time, not to mention vast databases need to be scanned. Moreover, don’t people clean their cars?"

Wan Quan smiled slightly, "If we happen to find something, the case could be quickly solved, as the organization’s heads have many relatives domestically, according to what we know."

"You have to have their fingerprint records first to match. Do such people have fingerprint records?"

"Who knows? Besides, I know the police have been recording fingerprints for fishermen and other personnel over the years. These smuggling bosses weren’t born bosses, maybe they had their fingerprints collected years ago..."

"Over-optimistic. These are all speculative." Jiang Yuan, seeing Wan Quan so focused on his own plan, lightly shook his head, "Expecting a smuggling organization’s top members to leave fingerprints on cars is overly optimistic."

"Smuggling organization’s heads can sometimes be quite foolish." Wan Xiang said quietly.

"But after killing someone, they were forced to improve their smarts." Jiang Yuan presented his plan, "My suggestion is to use familiar forensic methods first and deal with bloodstains and gunshot traces!"

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