I Play Dungeons in the Police Station

Chapter 467 - 278: The August 12 Millionaire Kidnapping Case

"Welcome, welcome, you must be Captain Li. So young and promising."

An Yiwen was the director of Nanchong City. Upon receiving notification from the provincial department that a guidance team was coming to assist in solving the August 12th wealthy kidnapping case, he had been paying close attention to this team.

After making multiple inquiries, or perhaps not many, Li Xiang’s last case, the Yuncheng No. 1 case, was also a sensational case nationwide. Their guidance team personally went to Yuncheng, and within just two months, solved this case that had dragged on for ten years, incidentally helping them solve a headless body case. Captain Li Xiang was not an ordinary person.

According to sources from the provincial department, Li Xiang is currently favored by Director Li, and there are even rumors that he might be Li’s... well, that’s not something to be discussed.

So, regardless, this Li Xiang is not simple.

They thought it best to be careful.

"Director An, hello, we’re quite overwhelmed by such a grand reception."

Li Xiang didn’t expect that the treatment they received this time would be somewhat like leaders inspecting the work.

"It’s such a pleasure to have the guidance team here, everyone in our department was eagerly awaiting your arrival. Let me introduce you, Captain Li, to the head of our Criminal Investigation Team 2, Jiang Tuo, who is also serving as the leader of this special task force. If you need anything, just reach out to him."

"Hello, Captain Li, feel free to instruct us on anything."

"I’ll be relying on Captain Jiang a lot in the future."

"No problem."

Jiang Tuo, without a smile, had a very serious and earnest expression, giving off the impression of being a strict and impartial person.

After traveling for nearly four hours today, everyone was quite tired, so An Yiwen arranged for Jiang Tuo to take them to the prepared dormitory to unpack their luggage and organize their personal items.

In the evening, Director An had prepared a welcome banquet where the special task force members took the opportunity during dinner to get to know each other.

For the upcoming period, everyone would be working closely together, and being familiar with each other would facilitate the work.

The first day focused primarily on acclimating and getting familiar with the environment. Starting from the second day, they entered the working state.

The joint command held its first joint meeting.

In fact, this meeting was also to help the guidance team quickly familiarize themselves with the case.

"Captain Jiang, let’s begin."

"Alright, let’s go back to three years ago, on August 12, 2020, we received a report from Sheng Yehong, Shen Youlin’s wife, claiming her husband had been kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 2 million and gave a foreign bank account for the transfer."

As Jiang Tuo introduced the case, he projected the related evidence in photos onto the screen. A message requesting ransom from the kidnappers was displayed, sent from Shen Youlin’s number.

"Shen Youlin was the owner of a local private enterprise and came from a wealthy background. Upon receiving the report, we immediately organized police to head to her house and formed a rescue team ready to act at any moment. The technical team also monitored Sheng Yehong’s phone. If the kidnappers contacted her again, we decided to agree with the kidnappers, trying to delay while ensuring the hostage’s safety, and also giving the technical team time to locate the kidnappers. Unfortunately, after that, we waited three days and never heard from the kidnappers again."

"Usually in a kidnapping case, the kidnappers’ goal is ransom. Since they already contacted the family, it’s unlikely they would give up the high ransom. Just then, the police investigating Shen Youlin’s funds discovered that several of his bank cards in Lantian City of Guang Province had withdrawals made between August 9 and 12, totaling 750,000 yuan through ATMs. We immediately contacted Lantian police, reached out to the bank, and obtained withdrawal recordings. Please take a look; this is the bank surveillance footage from that time."

Jiang Tuo put the surveillance footage from that time onto the projector. In the video, a fully equipped woman was seen, dressed heavily despite the hot weather. It was early morning, so visibility was poor, but it was vaguely discernible that the person withdrawing was a woman.

"We asked the Lantian police to retrieve street surveillance, and saw the woman getting into a car with a fake plate before driving out of town, after which all traces were lost. Later, we investigated Shen Youlin’s whereabouts, finding that on August 6, he flew to Fuhui City in Guang Province on a business trip. Fuhui is adjacent to Lantian, about a hundred kilometers apart. According to Sheng Yehong, her husband was on a business trip to negotiate with a major client, something he did twice a year, usually for at least a month each trip. However, this time he did not return."

"After the case, we immediately formed a special task force and dispatched an action team to Fuhui to investigate. The person cooperating with Shen Youlin was named Du Hua. He stated that Shen Youlin indeed came to see him on August 6, but left the same day and never returned. Surveillance at Du Hua’s door confirmed that Shen Youlin left his company at 4 PM and took a taxi afterwards. Since then, Shen Youlin has been missing."

After listening to Jiang Tuo’s account, Li Xiang also frowned: "Thus, from August 6 to 9, during those three days, Shen Youlin must have been held captive and was forced to give up his bank card passwords. It seems his fate is likely grim."