National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 670 - 613 Concentrated Arrests

Chapter 670: Chapter 613 Concentrated Arrests

"The cases involving the Toyotas were all done by Li Jiaoliang. He likes to steal oil by the national highways, which is quite distinctive. It’s not easily captured by cameras, but the tire tracks are very conspicuous. Moreover, Li Jiaoliang has a habit of involving multiple people in oil theft, which often leads to conflicts. It’s a bad habit."

Jiang Yuan, who had looked at many cases, couldn’t help but comment as he spoke.

From the cases he had seen in the past few days, Jiang Yuan felt that if he were to plan them, he could probably do a much better job.

Of course, this wasn’t a matter of modesty, since most thieves committed rather sloppy crimes. People who lived by crime often had lower education and capabilities, and most turned to crime only when they had no other solutions, choosing modes of crime that were high risk for low reward.

So, crime could indeed be about cost-effectiveness, but most criminals don’t even consider this factor.

By now it was noon, and Tan Jing was having a hard time allocating his officers. Looking at the scale of the case, he said, "I can’t do this anymore; I’ve really got no one left. Li Jiaoliang’s gang often consists of three to six people, and counting myself, there are less than five of us at the station who can be mobilized. I’ve already called back those who were on leave."

There were still fixed duties at the police station. Even though one could occasionally hear about mobilizing all available staff, including those from the Household Registration Office, to the front line, this clearly couldn’t be the norm. Otherwise, residents coming to get things done would find every office door locked, which would definitely lead to dissatisfaction.

Jiang Yuan was in high spirits and thought to himself, "Then I’ll go with you. There’s me, Mu Zhiyang, and Wang Chuanxing, that makes three of us. And Pang Da too? That’s five people."

Everyone from Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team had been dispatched, leaving only a few in the office.

"No, no, no," Tan Jing hastily waved his hands. "It’s just to catch a few thieves; there’s no need for you to go out there. And Captain Pang definitely doesn’t need to be involved—he’s in charge of commanding even in murder cases."

In terms of brutality, oil thieves could be even more violent than murderers, and Tan Jing felt that if he sent Jiang Yuan to the front line, he would definitely be scolded harshly by Huang Qiangmin.

Jiang Yuan, who was still young, said nonchalantly, "No problem; I am a police officer, too. We can take our guns."

"Don’t bring guns!"

Mu Zhiyang and Tan Jing said simultaneously.

Looking at each other, Mu Zhiyang said, "Considering our county’s environment, 99% of oil thieves don’t have guns if we don’t carry them. If we do, there’s a 1% chance that the oil thieves will have guns."

Tan Jing didn’t have time to comment on Mu Zhiyang’s math. He continued, "Even with guns, we wouldn’t dare to use them. There’s so much diesel at the scene that even stun guns should be put away, preferably not used on site."

He was experienced; it didn’t matter if they couldn’t catch anyone. Causing a fire in a residential area would turn the situation into a joke.

Jiang Yuan asked, "In that case, Captain Liu, can you gather a few more people on your end?"

"I’ll call for a few more people from the bureau to join me, add three to my count." Liu Wenkai wanted to catch as many people as possible. Jiang Yuan might seem relaxed, but who knew how much effort he had put in behind the scenes.

Liu Wenkai had seen his fair share of people who were glamorous on the surface but pitiable behind closed doors, or those who appeared innocent but played wild in private.

Jiang Yuan himself didn’t quite understand Liu Wenkai’s point of view. After counting their manpower and looking at the cases at hand, he said flatly, "We should have mobilized everyone today. Since the cases are all minor and I didn’t notify Director Huang in advance, I’ll give him a call. Let’s get some more people over to play it safe. With gangs like Li Jiaoliang’s, who often fight and brawl, ten people catching five is definitely not safe."

Thereupon, Jiang Yuan called Huang Qiangmin right away and received immediate approval.

After hanging up, Jiang Yuan said, "Let’s take a short break. Captain Huang said to reinforce our team with the people from squads one, four, and six who are still at home. We should have about thirty or forty people. We won’t need the armed police for now."

That call was something Liu Wenkai would never dare to make, and he couldn’t help but admire, "Captain Jiang, I really respect your ability to manage upwards."

"Director Huang is actually pretty reasonable if you present him with the facts," Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

Liu Wenkai also smiled and said, "It seems we’ve all seen different sides of Director Huang."

Shortly after, several squad leaders arrived at Zoumadao Police Station. There wasn’t any need for their officers to come; they would arrange the targets for arrest and head out directly from the police bureau, which was more convenient.

Jiang Yuan then continued with his work.

Liu Wenkai quickly led his men out to make arrests too. The newly arrived squad leaders got a brief understanding of some of the cases, and after expressing their heartfelt "damn" in various forms, they set off.

Station Director Tan stayed by the side, mentally repeating "damn" to himself until only echoes remained in his mind: Ningtai Jiangyuan, a towering inferno of ferocity!

The cases might have all been minor, but those they caught in this wave were sure to face heavy sentences.

Because the methods of arrest are different.

In the past, when the police station caught these oil thieves, it was always one case, one arrest, or just a lucky capture. The evidence collected wasn’t extensive and mainly focused on the current case.

Under such circumstances, if other evidence was found or if more cases were uncovered during interrogation, the prosecution would still aim for a sentence of less than three years.

If there was no prior record, the value involved in a single case might not even amount to three thousand yuan, so sentencing to a few months or a year was considered normal.

But Jiang Yuan approached it from the start as if it were a series of cases.

For a criminal suspect involved in seven cases, the value of the crimes would skyrocket, not to mention the aggravating factor of being a repeat offender, possession of weapons, gang involvement...

Jiang Yuan always started with those who had a criminal history.

The prosecutors just have to pair things up a bit, and a sentence of less than three years wouldn’t fit them anymore.

Thinking of this, Director Tan could only exclaim in his heart: How satisfying!

If he had such a person under his command, he would be even more willing to comply with higher management than Huang Qiangmin.

Afternoon.

The first batch of officers who went to make the arrests had returned.

Jiang Yuan and others immediately went downstairs to take a look.

The two suspects were separated and placed in different rooms for interrogation or awaiting trial—the interrogation rooms were surely not going to be enough. Anyone else captured would likely have to be sent to the county bureau or directly to the detention center.

Jiang Yuan and his team crowded into a small surveillance room to watch the interrogation process.

Watching the young suspect, going from nonchalant to restless and finally breaking down in tears.

"When they made money by stealing oil, everyone was happy. When it comes to jail time, they cry so pitifully." After so many years as a police officer, Tan Jing couldn’t muster any sympathy when looking at the ugly faces of the suspects.

Jiang Yuan remembered the details of the case and said, "This one probably started stealing oil since middle school and probably feels entitled to the money after stealing so much. Too bad there’s hardly any evidence from the previous cases left."

"There’s no need to deal with so many cases at once. If three or four cases are handled, that’s sufficient. If there’s a chance in the future to connect to these cases, they can be sentenced again." Tan Jing said with a smirk.

This was one of the reasons why some petty thieves admitted guilt for leniency. If the previous cases hadn’t been dealt with, they could still be arrested and tried after serving a three-year sentence.

A group of men joked and laughed as they watched the young man leave the interrogation room in despair on the screen.

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, feeling that his spirit that had been focused on reviewing photos the past few days had largely recovered.

Upon leaving the surveillance room, a police officer from the station was waiting outside.

Seeing Tan Jing, he hurriedly said, "Director Tan, there’s something I’d like to report to you."

"Oh, go ahead."

The officer said, "We’ve caught a suspect who was felling trees and would like to request to use an interrogation room."

"What kind of case is it?"

"Well, the park manager of Songxiang Park filed a report that someone sawed down one of their pine trees, causing a loss of twenty thousand yuan. We checked the surveillance and found the person who cut the tree. Now we want to use the interrogation room..."

"There’s a slot available, so you should conduct the interrogation quickly." Tan Jing paused, then asked, "Why did he cut down the tree?"

The officer said, "A fortune teller told him that a tree in the park was obstructing his success for over forty years. If he cut it down, his fate would turn around..."

The men looked at each other and said, "Pretty accurate prediction."