Binjiang Police Affairs

"Great, when will you return? I'll arrange a car to take you across the river to catch the person!"

"I'll head back right away, Captain Chen, should we give the Port District Bureau a heads up and ask their Criminal Investigation Team to arrange for two officers to join us for the cross-river arrest?"

"Why notify them? Didn't you just say that Li Haitao's parents are very cooperative? According to regulations, this is considered as surrendering to the police, we're going over to pick someone up, not to make an arrest."

"Right, right, right, it's to pick someone up!"

Six fugitives, and here I am making the first move again, catching one. Let's see how Mr. He explains this to his superiors.

Chen Xiangyang became more excited as he thought about it, put down the phone and said with a laugh, "Old Shen, I'll go find a car for Director Yang and his team; you contact the City Bureau."

Old Shen asked subconsciously, "Contact about what?"

Chen Xiangyang replied spiritedly, "We entertain ourselves, but there's nothing more interesting than competing on the same stage with the Changhang Bureau, the Water Police Station, Public Transport Branch, and Airport Division. Contact the City Bureau to apply to join the third echelon in the second phase of the assessment."

"Okay!"

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Meanwhile, Director He and Political Commissioner Jiang were in the small conference room of the Water Police Station, waiting for news from Han Yu with Director Peng and Political Commissioner Wang of the Water Police Station.

"Director He, have some tea, there's nothing to worry about regarding Salted Fish."

"Yes, although Salted Fish is young, he has plenty of experience operating boats. Captain Fan is the veteran captain of the Linghai Shipping Company Fleet, previously towing 'one dragon,' and he's very familiar with the waterways and currents."

"Colleagues, I'm not worried about navigation; I'm worried about the capture at river."

"There's no need to worry about the arrest either."

Political Commissioner Wang laughed confidently and said, "Salted Fish has been working on river law enforcement and rescue since the beginning, not only has he faced heavy winds and waves, but he has also dealt with big incidents; catching a few 'oil thieves' is nothing."

Director Peng agreed heartily, laughing and saying, "They just participated in the 'eel-fishing war,' with plenty of experience in river encirclement and interception, and they're well-equipped with weapons—truly nothing to worry about."

Director He asked curiously, "What kind of equipment do they have?"

As a director not knowing what kinds of weapons and equipment his subordinates have, Political Commissioner Wang was utterly convinced.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Political Commissioner Jiang quickly said, "Director He, the situation on the river is different from that on land; anything could happen, so in terms of weapons and gear, the Bailong Port Police Station probably has the most comprehensive arsenal."

"How comprehensive, how much?"

"Three Type 81 rifles, two 56 Assault Rifles, two Wusi Pistols, six helmets, six bulletproof vests, and in addition, they are equipped with lighting rockets of the Former Soviet Union's Model 431. I'm not sure about the exact number of bullets and rocket shells, but they have a record of it there."

Director He was startled and asked in surprise, "They have rocket shells?"

Political Commissioner Jiang explained, "They are illumination rocket shells, a bit like a rocket launcher, but smaller than the ones used by the army, and they're simple to launch."

The illumination rocket shells were what Salted Fish requested from the superiors during last year's 'eel-fishing war.'

The illegal fishing boats and personnel were active at night, and illumination was an unavoidable issue while enforcing the law in the dark; the searchlights on law enforcement boats alone were not enough.

Thinking of this, Political Commissioner Wang couldn't help but laugh: "Salted Fish once applied to the superiors for mortars, planning to use them to launch illumination rounds. But we are the police, not the liberation army, nor the Armed Police, and even the Armed Police Force seldom gets mortars issued. After some deliberation, the superiors somehow found him two large boxes of illumination rocket rounds."

"He even wanted to apply for mortars!"

"He had used them before and had gotten used to it. Not only could it solve the illumination problem, but it could also have a certain deterrent effect on unlawful individuals."

Anyone in a leadership position would worry about the possibility of issues with firearms and ammunition.

Director Peng took over the conversation with a smile, explaining: "Director He, I've seen those illumination rocket rounds before during the eel-catching battle. They're called rocket rounds, but in reality, they're more like a big firework, quite different from the military's rocket launchers."

Previously, I only knew Salted Fish was Xu Sanye's apprentice, which is why the kid was hard to manage, as wild as his mentor.

It wasn't until now that Director He realized just how wild Xu Sanye and his apprentice could be.

Using mortars for law enforcement was rather exaggerated.

He was quietly reflecting when Political Commissioner Wang smiled and asked: "Director He, Political Commissioner Jiang, the case with Lu Zhonghua that Chen Zikun is in charge of has been nearly cleared up. I briefed Director Peng at noon, and both Director Peng and I think it's time to make the arrests, no need to wait any longer."

Director He knew about the situation earlier that morning and turned to ask: "Old Jiang, have you checked with the legal department?"

"I have, the legal department said we have jurisdiction. The brothers Lu Zhonghua and Lu Zhongjun's actions in recovering, refining, and trafficking waste oil have violated the Production and Sales of Counterfeit Goods law, and we have grounds for case filing and arrest."

Political Commissioner Jiang smiled and added: "They're also suspected of illegal business operations and even causing environmental pollution. When making the arrests, we can bring along the industrial and commercial as well as environmental protection departments."

Director He nodded, asking: "Old Peng, when do you think would be a good time to make the arrests?"

"Tonight."

Director Peng didn't want to seem too eager to the neighbors and, after thinking it over, smiled and said: "Chen Zikun has returned to Bailong Port, but the police and auxiliary police from the same team as Chen Zikun are still staking out in Dongqi, and they've been on it for over twenty days. The comrades can't hold out much longer.

More importantly, there's a bigger operation coming up, and we have only so many police officers available. If we don't make the arrests now, we will definitely be short-handed for the upcoming action. Furthermore, arresting the criminals is one thing; interrogating them, tracing the stolen goods, and supplementing the investigation is another."

Tracing the stolen goods is essential!

During this period, the Water Police Strike Command is spending money like water, and other units and police stations are required to crack down and spend money too. The branch can no longer cope with the cash flow.

Director He realized he couldn't delay any longer and smiled: "No problem, let's arrange to make the arrests tonight."

Political Commissioner Jiang looked up and said: "Director He, that area falls under the jurisdiction of the Water Division. Old Jia is tied up and can't leave, and Chen Zikun suggested letting Comrade Zhao Hongxing from the Water Police First Team take charge of the arrest. What do you think?"

"That's fine, we are all part of the same family; no need to differentiate between us."

Director He nodded, paused, and then exclaimed: "The situation on the river is really different from the land. Take for example the over two thousand tons of iron ore that disappeared from Jiangcheng Port; the Changhang Jiangcheng Branch has jurisdiction, as does the Jiangcheng Police Bureau Water Division.

The iron ore was transported from our Binjiang Port, so our branch also has jurisdiction. If the transportation fleet passed through the waterways under the jurisdiction of your Water Division, and theft possibly occurred within your jurisdiction, then your division would also have jurisdiction."

As they discussed the jurisdiction of cases on the river, Director Peng raised his arm and pointed across the river: "Ships navigating the river are different from cars driving on land. Especially for ships under two thousand tons, there's no requirement to keep to the right. If the transportation fleet had sailed past the waterway on the other side, then the Changhang Guzhou Branch and Guzhou Police Bureau Water Branch over there would also have jurisdiction."

Political Commissioner Wang laughed, saying: "By that logic, the Changhang Zhenjiang Branch, and the Yangzhou Police Bureau Water Division, any local police department in the areas the transportation fleet passed through would have jurisdiction."

Director He sighed helplessly and said: "The cases that seem solvable, everyone vies to file for investigation. For cases that are hard or tricky, there's always a push to pass them off. So, to truly maintain security on the river, there's indeed a long and arduous task ahead."