Chapter 73 Obstacles

Xinfa Tobacco Hotel. Google search reading

This place is located in the northern suburbs of Ningtai County, just a few kilometers away from Jiangcun Community.

The storefront of the tobacco and alcohol store is not big, about 20 square meters in total, and the inside is still a mess.

The shop owner is a woman in her 40s or 50s, leaning against the shutter door, stepping on the glass shards, and said distressedly: "God damn it robbed me of several sacks of cigarettes, and also moved a lot of wine. If we can't find it back, we have worked for nothing for several years."

"Is it transported in sacks? One is inside and the other is outside?" Jiang Yuan stood outside the shutter door, observing the surroundings and asking at the same time.

"One is loading inside and the other is moving outside. Both of them have knives and let me stand in the corner." The female owner pointed to the location and whispered: "It took a long time to rob, and no one helped."

"Did the person who moved outside come into the store?"

"He stood at the door, not coming in, but gestured with such a long knife." The female owner gestured the knife.

Jiang Yuan nodded to show that he knew, and then asked: "Did anyone else see it? If it took a long time."

"It was raining heavily that day. I came here in the morning and couldn't leave. I didn't see anyone passing by."

"Who usually buys cigarettes and alcohol in your store?" Jiang Yuan asked again.

"There are people passing by on the street, people in the nearby family building, and the barbecue and crayfish shops on the street in front. If customers want cigarettes, they call me and I ask my husband to deliver them to them, and earn a few yuan for running errands." The female owner paused and said, "I often have cash here, and the cash was also taken away."

Jiang Yuan thought and recorded the female owner's answer, and asked again: "Is there a surveillance camera?"

"Yes, but I can't see anything clearly. It was raining that day, and the three robbers all wore hooded sweaters with their mouths covered. They came in and took my cigarettes..." The proprietress became emotional as she spoke.

"Three people?" Wang Zhong confirmed.

The female shop owner nodded and said, "There are three people, one in the car, and two people moving it. Have you encountered a case of three people robbing?"

"Just ask clearly. By the way, our colleagues have already copied the surveillance, right?" Wang Zhong changed the subject with one sentence.

Compared with the old criminal police, Wang Zhong is still a young man with little experience, but he has already known many basic issues.

Jiang Yuan also knew why he asked this question. In general, the property that can be robbed in a tobacco shop is usually limited. Three people rob it, and they also need a car. It is not very cost-effective.

Robbers also need to pay attention to cost-effectiveness.

Of course, they made a profit by robbing Xinfa Tobacco Hotel. Because the boss just picked up a large batch of goods from the warehouse.

From this point of view, the three people who robbed Xinfa Tobacco Hotel together may not be a simple premeditated crime, not the kind of "let's buy a hoodie to rob a tobacco shop" type of robbery, but they knew some of the situation of Xinfa Tobacco Hotel in advance.

If this reasoning is used as a clue to find the suspect... it would be too troublesome.

Xinfa Tobacco Hotel is open for business, and the boss has no intention of deliberately hiding the inventory situation. Those who know the situation include not only the boss's close friends and relatives, but also the old customers nearby, that is, those barbecue restaurants, crayfish restaurants, and even their old customers...

Maybe a friend of a friend said something while eating barbecue, it's possible.

Unless there are no clues, otherwise, the criminal police team will definitely not choose this clue to follow up.

Jiang Yuan carried the on-site investigation box and started to sweep from the door.

There were a few onlookers who were persuaded by Wang Zhong to go further away, and then came to help Jiang Yuan.

Wang Zhong had previously followed Jiang Yuan to sweep the murder scene, and he swept the secondary scene, and also swept out the key clues that could solve the case. After such an experience, Wang Zhong not only had no doubts about Jiang Yuan's on-site investigation ability, but also admired it.

On-site investigation can be said to be the foundation of criminal science and technology. Forensic doctors need on-site investigation, and trace detection also needs on-site investigation, but there are actually not many who can do a good job of on-site investigation.

Faced with the ever-changing technology today, a professional on-site investigator has very limited knowledge. Not to mention the level of school education, even the length of education is not enough to deal with most of the scenes. And experience is often covered by new things in the field of technology.

Technicians who have a solid foundation, are capable of showing off, and can quickly master new technologies are usually unlikely to stay in the county bureau for a long time.

Lu Jianfeng, the captain of the criminal squadron, pulled Jiang Yuan out. There was indeed no one available, but he was also jealous of Jiang Yuan's technology.

The two scanned all the way into the store, and the most found were footprints.

And Jiang Yuan was best at fingerprints, and he scanned a lot, but none of them could be used.

You don't need to check the surveillance to know that the three robbers who knew to wear hoods must be wearing gloves.

As for trace evidence, in this case, it is still a small dragon-slaying technique - too expensive, and it requires the assistance of the trace evidence laboratory of the provincial department or Changyang City, and it needs to wait in line. Unless it is a last resort, Captain Huang Qiangmin is definitely unwilling to approve it.

Therefore, the only case that can really use all means is murder.

"Let's go to the shops around us and collect more surveillance videos." Jiang Yuan naturally thought of videos.

The so-called three treasures of criminal police are videos, mobile phones, and DNA. Don't mention that Jiang Yuan has the skills of image enhancement. Even if he didn't, when encountering a case like this on the street, the first thing to collect is surveillance videos.

However, videos can be good or bad, far or near, and usually the more the better.

When investigating a case, the general criminal police would find a few suitable videos in the right location, which would be enough to solve the case. But given the location of Xinfayan Hotel and the heavy rain at the time of the crime, it was difficult to meet such a small requirement.

Jiang Yuan and Wang Zhong first watched the surveillance video of the parking lot opposite. They saw a white van coming and a white van leaving in the vast rain. It can be said that there was no clue at all.

"What can be confirmed is that the car went north." Wang Zhong sighed after watching it.

Going north from the northern suburbs, you will get on the national highway, so the useful surveillance that can be found is only in this section nearby.

Jiang Yuan paused several times, and could only frown and asked: "When the case happened before, were the police from the police station coming? Did they look for surveillance? Did they see the license plate number?"

Jiang Yuan was considering the possibility of image enhancement.

Wang Zhong said: "I saw it, a fake license plate."

"So thoughtful?" Jiang Yuan was quite surprised.

"Well, there are many small roads and forks in the northern suburbs. Just find a place to change and then change back. There is no place to find." Wang Zhong said in a low voice, a little frustrated, feeling that he had just gone through a lonely inspection.

Jiang Yuan was in a good mood. He now had so many skills. What he needed to consider more was how to find the three robbers cost-effectively.

The rain had been much lighter. Jiang Yuan rearranged his clothes and said, "Search for more videos first, and I will deal with it slowly when I go back."

Wang Zhong followed his footsteps, but couldn't help but said angrily, "These three found a good time. It was raining heavily when the crime happened, and it was stuck at the busiest time of the criminal police team. The evidence that might be available in the end might be washed away by the heavy rain..."

He was a pure technician's thinking, and therefore felt quite helpless. If it were an experienced old criminal police, he could still follow the traditional methods of crime and crime.

But from Wang Zhong's point of view, this heavy rain wasted 90% of his skills.

According to his estimation, Jiang Yuan would probably be 80% disabled.

He copied nearly ten copies of the data in one breath, and when he came back, he saw the female owner standing at the door of the tobacco shop, looking at the two people eagerly. When she saw them walk in, she quickly handed each of them a box of cigarettes and a bottle of water, and said, "How is it? Can you find it?"

"We will try our best to find it for you." Wang Zhong was wearing a law enforcement recorder, and he immediately pushed it away: "Don't worry, we all take robbery cases very seriously, and we all hope to solve the case."

"I know, I know." The female owner nodded quickly, and then said, "We are also a small business. Don't look at the store and the warehouse. All the money our family earns is here. My husband and I used to work, I started working in my teens and worked until I was 30, then moved from Changyang to Qinghe, and then to our Ningtai, before I could be considered to have established a firm foothold. You see, I am already 50 years old, and I bought a house a few years ago, with a loan..."

"Don't cry..." Wang Zhong was grabbed and shaken by the female shop owner, and quickly handed over a tissue and asked, "Where is your husband? Let him watch the store with you."

"My husband went to the warehouse to take inventory. Many of the wines in the warehouse were given to us on credit by channels. Now that they heard that we were in trouble, they all came to take them back, and some even forced us to pay. My husband was so angry that he went to the warehouse to return them." The female shop owner took a tissue and blew her nose, and then she felt better.

Wang Zhong exhaled a turbid breath and forced a smile: "Okay, let's go back and check the surveillance first. I'll notify you when there is news."

"Can the goods be found?" The female shop owner held on to the last bit of hope.

"We'll try our best." Wang Zhong said.

Jiang Yuan said: "If they are caught quickly, they may not have time to sell the stolen goods."