Chapter 2706
If such a case occurs in the market, the market owner will naturally report the case to the police station.
The police who received the report immediately rushed to the scene to understand the situation. And the person leading the team happened to be Victoria.
Although Sokov, standing in front of the store, saw Victoria directing the scene from a distance, he did not go over to say hello to her, so as not to affect her work.
Lena also saw Victoria. Seeing Sokov standing motionless at the door, she quickly touched him with her elbow and said, "The leader seems to be Police Officer Victoria. Why don't you go over and say hello to her?"
Sokov shook his head and said: "Forget it, she is working, so don't disturb her. If she is free, she will come to me."
Just as Sokov guessed, after asking about the case, Victoria asked her subordinates to return to the bureau first, while she wandered into Sokov's shop.
Seeing Victoria coming, Lena quickly poured her a cup of coffee and handed it over: "Vika, come and have a cup of coffee."
"Thank you!" After Victoria took the coffee from Lena's hand, she looked at Sokov and asked, "You should know about this case. What do you think?"
"On the surface, it looks like two scammers used counterfeit money to defraud the goods, but I don't think it's that simple."
"I guessed that you must have other ideas." Victoria asked with a smile: "Then tell me, why is it not simple?"
"That shop owner, we all call him a tailor." Sokov said: "He used to be a tailor who repaired furs and all kinds of clothes. To be honest, since he switched to the fur business, the old merchants on this street have... Very disgusted with him."
"Why are you disgusted with him?" Victoria asked puzzledly.
"The businesses on this street hire employees who are either Russians or Ukrainians." Sokov explained to Victoria: "The employees from these two countries are hardworking and loyal. And the tailor's wife She is from Tajikistan. Since she arrived, the employees of the merchant have gradually become mainly Tajikistan, and they are basically her fellow villagers or friends. To be honest, some of these new employees have low quality and poor skills. Not clean either.”
Sokov's words aroused Victoria's keen interest: "Misha, tell me, why are these people so dirty?"
"I won't talk about petty theft and taking advantage. I'll tell you a true story." Sokov said: "The owner of the store two stores away from me is named Kong. . After the tailor's family switched to fur business, the tailor's wife introduced him to an employee who was said to be from her village, but turned out to be a thief.
There was a batch of expensive American sable fur in Xiaokong's store. Because the price was too high, few people bought it, so Xiaokong packed these clothes and put them in the corner of the store. Some time ago, someone wanted to buy high-end goods. Xiao Kong pulled out the woven bag placed in the corner. After opening it, he found that the American black inside had turned into worthless sheepskin at some point. "
"Is there surveillance in his store?" Victoria asked.
"Yes." Sokov nodded and said: "After discovering that the goods were missing, Xiaokong immediately checked the surveillance. But unfortunately, the location where the package was placed happened to be in the blind spot of the surveillance, and nothing was captured. . But after repeated inspections and monitoring, Xiao Kong discovered one thing. When he came in every day, he would carry a big bulging plastic bag, and when he got off work, he would leave with that bag.
According to the analysis of this surveillance video, it should be his employee who brings a piece of rotten sheepskin into the store in a plastic bag every day. When he is not in the store, he secretly takes out the American black from the woven bag, and then puts the rotten sheepskin into the store. Stuffed with sheepskin. In this way, the American black in the woven bag was replaced by worthless rotten sheepskin one by one. "
After Victoria waited for Sokov to finish speaking, she asked, "Didn't that Xiao Kong never notice the unusual behavior of his employees?"
"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "Xiao Kong is young and has a rather playful personality. Since there are employees watching in his store, he spends most of his time hanging around, playing chess, and playing chess with others. Chatting, playing games, etc. And the employee took advantage of his absence from the store to quietly buy away his good products. "
"Why didn't he call the police?"
"Is it useful to call the police?" Sokov shook his head and said, "Even if you came to investigate the scene, the chance of solving the case is basically zero. Perhaps out of such considerations, he did not report the case."
"How much of a loss?"
"There are fifteen pieces of American black inside." Sokov said: "A conservative estimate should be about fifty thousand US dollars."
"Fifty thousand US dollars?" Victoria's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this amount: "Isn't that a more serious loss than the one we just went to?"
"Few of the tailor's clothes are valuable." Sokov shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the goods in his whole room are not as valuable as the goods that were lost through the small holes."
"What about the employee?" Victoria continued, "Where did she go?"
"I don't know. She worked at Xiaokong's house for almost 20 days, and then she suddenly disappeared." Sokov explained to Victoria: "Xiaokong found that the goods had been switched and the employees were missing, so he quickly went to find the tailor. Wife, after all, the employee was introduced by her, and he is from the same village as her. "
"How did the tailor's wife respond?" After Victoria asked this question, before Sokov could speak, she asked herself: "Based on my understanding of them, they would definitely say that they were not familiar with that person. , right?”
"Yes, you guessed it right." Sokov nodded and said: "Faced with Xiao Kong's questioning, the tailor's wife insisted that the woman was not her hometown at all, but she just met her on the way to work. The woman was looking for a job at the time, so she introduced Xiao Kong to him. "
"This reason is really far-fetched." Victoria shook her head and said, "You won't just believe it, will you?"
"Believe it or not, is it that important?" Sokov said with a wry smile: "Anyway, the person can't be found, which means that no matter how the tailor's wife answers, she can't find the lost goods."
Victoria took a sip of coffee and said, "Continue to analyze why today's case is not simple."
"I think you should have seen the fake money." Seeing Victoria nodding, Sokov continued: "When the tailor's wife is in the shop, there are always many people looking for him. These people are quite diverse. He has an ambiguous relationship with his tailor wife and often flirts with her in front of her. "
"What was the tailor's reaction?"
"Every time I see these people looking for their wives, the tailor will either go outside to chat with someone, or he will hide in the back room and not dare to say a word." Sokov said: "I seriously doubt that he will come to sell goods today. The two men were called by the tailor's wife, and then they colluded and staged a show, and ran away with more than thirty pieces. After reselling them at a low price, they could use the money to live happily for a while. "
"Well, what you said makes sense." Victoria said: "I just asked the tailor where his wife was, and he told me that his wife was missing and the phone couldn't be reached. Maybe it's like what you said. , defrauded the goods, and then went to find a place to dump the goods and divide the stolen goods with those two people. "
After chatting for a while, Sokov suddenly thought of Khabarov's incident and quickly asked: "By the way, how is the rescue operation at Hovlin Hospital going now?"
"Misha, I was just about to tell you this." Victoria said: "Before we came here, the lieutenant called me and said that a passage for people to enter and exit had been dug, and professional rescuers had already gone in to save people. ”
"Thank God, Khabarov and the others were rescued!" Lena next to her exclaimed after hearing this, and then crossed herself on her chest.
"It's too early to say they were rescued." But Sokov knew very well that it would be very difficult to rescue the people inside just by digging a passage for people to enter and exit: " The rescue workers currently entering the underground can only provide food and water to the people trapped underground and count the number of people. It will probably take a long time to rescue them. "
"I'm going to call the lieutenant now." Victoria put down her coffee and took out her phone: "Let's see how the rescue work is going over there."
Victoria dialed the number first, but the other party didn't answer. After dialing twice more, the lieutenant finally answered the call: "Major, it's me! What can I do for you?"
"Lieutenant, I would like to ask how the rescue operation is going?"
"It didn't go well, Major." The lieutenant sighed: "After the rescuers entered the underground, after careful search, they only found nine people, four of whom had no signs of life, only three girls and two boys. They survived, and their situation is not very optimistic."
After hearing what the lieutenant said, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, and quickly whispered to Victoria: "Vika, ask him if he found Khabarov among the people he found?"
"Lieutenant, I would like to ask, among the nine people you found, is there anyone named Khabarov?"
"No." The lieutenant said in an affirmative tone: "Our rescue personnel carefully interrogated the survivors and asked them to identify the four dead bodies. The so-called Khabarov was not found. He should be with the other two People are trapped elsewhere.”
Originally, Sokov heard that rescuers had entered the underground and thought they would definitely find Khabarov. However, the result was that no one was alive or dead, and no body was found. Khabarov and two other people disappeared, and even the rescuers were not found. their whereabouts.
Seeing Victoria looking at him, Sokov quickly asked again: "Did the rescued people say how they were trapped?"
"Lieutenant," Victoria continued to ask into the microphone: "Did the rescued people say how they were trapped?"
"I'm sorry, Major, I can't answer your question yet." The lieutenant said apologetically: "Those people have not been rescued yet. We are only providing them with food and water, as well as some medical assistance. It may take some time to rescue them.”
Victoria understood what the other party meant and asked tentatively: "Lieutenant, do you want to say that you will not record a statement for them until they are rescued from the underground to find out why they were trapped underground? "
"Yes, Major, it is indeed like this." The lieutenant, perhaps worried about being criticized by Victoria, emphasized: "You also know that if I want to take a confession, I have to be face to face with others. I can't lie down at the entrance of the cave. Just shout inside. If the shouting causes a new landslide, not to mention that the trapped people cannot be rescued, rescue workers may be brought in. "
"Okay then." Victoria said helplessly: "If you have any news, please inform me in time."
After Victoria ended the call, Sokov asked her with a serious expression: "Vika, what do you think will happen to the three missing people?"
"I think there is basically no hope of survival." Seeing Sokov's gloomy expression, Victoria explained to him: "The underground environment is complicated, and they will be trapped underground and unable to escape, which means there are many landslides, blocking them. If Khabarov was with most people and everyone encouraged each other, there might be hope of survival. But now that he and the other two disappeared without a trace, it means that they are in danger. ”
After saying this, Victoria stood up and said to Sokov: "Misha, it's getting late. I have to go back to the bureau. If you need anything, just call me."
"Okay." Sokov nodded: "If anything happens, I will call you."
After Victoria left, Lena came to Sokov and asked tentatively: "Misha, so it means that Khabarov and the others have no hope of survival?"
"Judging from the current situation, this is indeed the case." Sokov sighed and said: "However, the police have not made a final conclusion. Maybe there will be a turn for the better."
"I hope so." Liena raised her hand to look at her watch, and then said: "Misha, it's already lunch time. I'm going out to eat now. Do you need me to bring you lunch?"
"You go and eat. There's no need to bring me food."
Sokov took out his mobile phone and called Anna: "Anna, have you had lunch?"
Ana's lazy voice came from the phone: "I'm sleeping and don't want to eat. Have you eaten?"
"I didn't eat either." Sokov said after a moment of silence: "Vika just left not long ago."
"Vika went to your place again, is it about Khabarov?"
"No, a case happened here." After Sokov told Anna what happened this morning, he continued: "The rescuers who have entered the underground have only found five survivors and four bodies. bodies, while Khabarov and two others were missing.”
When she learned that Khabarov was missing, Anna let out a surprised sound, and then said with emotion: "Misha, fortunately you didn't agree to go on an adventure with Khabarov and the others, otherwise you would have become one of the missing persons today. Yes. Well, did the survivors say how they were trapped underground?"
"Now the rescuers have gone deep into the ground, but they haven't rescued the survivors yet, so we can't figure out why they were trapped for the time being."