Chapter 653 Buying Matches

One day ago, early in the morning.

Compulsory Municipal Public Security Bureau (county-level city), command center.

The policewoman responsible for answering the phone placed a freshly printed A4 paper on the desk of the leader on duty with a stern look on her face.

"Director, I received a call from the railway police three days ago, saying that two suspicious people got off the train at our volunteer station. This is the identity information of the two people."

"Three days ago?"

The bald director was constantly scrolling through Douyin. When he heard the report from his subordinate, he did not realize the seriousness of the problem and just said "I understand."

The policewoman frowned slightly, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said, "Director, why don't you take a look? These two people's original destination was Dongzhou, but they got off the bus here."

The director's eyes were still on the phone screen, he raised his hand to interrupt the other party's speech, and said lightly: "The case three days ago? It was Lao Hu's shift that day. When you go to work tomorrow, you can just give him these information. Let's Yeah, just mind your own duties."

As he said that, he freed up a hand to push back the information that was originally placed in front of him: "It's been three days, and no one knows where they are. To be honest, there is no need to worry about it anymore."

The policewoman took a deep breath and continued to explain: "We just received a call from the public, saying that someone was searching for matches?"

"Matches?" The director seemed a little interested. He raised his head and stared at the ceiling. "Why are they buying matches? Barbecue? Why not buy a lighter?"

When the policewoman saw that the director's head had finally left the small screen of the mobile phone, she sped up her words and said, "Director, this is what happened."

The director raised his head and turned his head clockwise a few times, and then counterclockwise a few times. There was a clicking sound in his neck. It turned out that he had lowered his head to browse his mobile phone for too long, causing some discomfort in his neck.

He didn't even listen to what the policewoman said. He lowered his head immediately and said with an impatient tone: "Why do you care about this? There are no controls on matches now, so just let them buy them. Xiaoli, tens of thousands of people can come to our place a day." People, among them there must be thousands of foreigners. If we are in charge of everything, do we still need to take a break? In other words, if we treat everyone as robots and don’t need to take a break, do you think we can handle it?”

Snap!

The policewoman finally couldn't help it and slapped her palm on the table. She was so shocked that the cell phone in the director's hand almost slipped under the table.

"Director! Someone bought several boxes of matches from us today. What if a fire breaks out in a densely populated area?"

The director was stunned, then smiled, and finally put the phone next to him: "Don't worry, if you really plan to set a fire, people won't buy matches. Think about it, lighters, flamethrowers, etc. are not better than matches." ?”

"Then why did you buy so many matches at once?"

"There are so many sales going on in our city every day, including scissors, kitchen knives, hammers, etc. Are you prepared to check every transaction?"

"Director, but the police at the railway station also suspect that there is something wrong with these two people. Do you think we should report this situation to the anti-terrorist brigade?"

"They only have two old men, and they don't even have a top soldier, so what can they do? Oh, yes, they can call and report to the anti-terrorist detachment."

"Director, this kind of communication is inefficient and error-prone. How about we report it directly to their detachment?"

"How many people are there in their team? It's midnight, and you even reported to the superior about buying a match. You're going to be laughed at. There's no need." The director pondered for a moment, wondering whether he would come up with something, this stupid guy It was specified that he would not be allowed to rest, "Let's do this. You will report the situation to the Xingdao later and ask them to send someone to find out the situation."

The detachment belongs to the municipal bureau, and any report must be approved by the leaders of their county and city bureaus. If you bother the bureau leaders in the middle of the night, or it is such a trivial matter of buying and selling matches, you will definitely get a look.

Xiaoli is young and ignorant, so he can't just mess around with her. The Criminal Investigation Brigade is a unit of our own bureau, so it is best for them to come forward for both reasons and circumstances. They are professional investigators anyway.

The director added: "You just report it and say that it is suspected that someone from outside may set the fire, and ask them to send someone to investigate. Well, pass the railway police information together, saying that the case is complicated and the personnel are complex, and it is very likely to cause a fire. It’s a mass incident. Let them understand the situation.”

"Huh?" The policewoman who was recording raised her head and asked doubtfully, "Director, does this have nothing to do with a mass incident?"

The bald director smiled greasyly, like an old fried dough stick: "Just a few more words, write them all, the more truthful they are, the better. Listen to me, that's right."

Downstairs, Criminal Investigation Brigade, duty room.

"Lao Liu, the command center forwarded a police report, saying that someone bought a large amount of matches and might be suspected of arson. Let's go check it out."

A detective wearing glasses put down the phone and waited for the clattering printer to print out the police information. When he took it into his hand, he realized that the suspects were two people.

Lao Liu sat in front of the TV with a cigarette in his mouth and played the PS5 game "Old Head Ring" with a controller. He said disapprovingly: "Are you kidding me? Using matches to set fire? Is this guy just released from prison after twenty years?" Come on. I'm going to die again! This Valkyrie is so difficult to deal with!"

Glasses shrugged, also feeling that this police situation was a bit boring, but since the police situation came from the command center, according to the rules, they had to mobilize the police to investigate. It doesn't matter whether we can find anything or not.

The procedure must be gone through.

Glasses took the information and walked to Lao Liu and stood watching him play the game.

"Lao Liu, why did you hold a shield and fight the boss from beginning to end? Aren't you tired? Why don't you use a weapon?"

"It's a long night, just to kill time."

After another round of death, Lao Liu threw away the controller in anger, then took the police information handed over by Glasses and quickly browsed through it.

"We have to go and see. Haven't you found out where they live?" Lao Liu grabbed the information he had just printed and flipped it back and forth, but couldn't find it.

"No. I guess they didn't stay in the hotel, maybe they stayed at the homes of relatives and friends."

"Well, but the part about contacts is also blank, so there's no way to start."

"How about starting from the train station to trace the video back?"

"Okay, then let's hand it over to the visual reconnaissance team tomorrow morning when we get to work. Wait, you use the Sky Eye to scan it, this is fast, we'll go through it ourselves first."

Lao Liu and Glasses returned to the computer and quickly searched through the Sky Eye system, and they actually found several videos of the two walking on the street.

Lao Liu pointed to the latest video and said, "He should live nearby. Let's get up early tomorrow and go over there. Maybe we can find some clues."

The next day.

The two got up early, first left a message for the visual investigation team, and then ran to the street where the suspect last appeared yesterday through the Sky Eye system.

They asked along the way and visited more than ten hotels and guesthouses one by one. Several of them said that they did receive him, but they did not let him check in.

The clues were cut off and the investigation had to be terminated. Lao Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wondered if he should find something to do in the afternoon, such as inviting three or five friends to go fishing.

Lao Liu looked at the time and saw that it was already past 8:30, which was officially off work. The next time was the compensatory leave time for the on-duty personnel, so they didn't have to continue working.

He called Glasses to go to the breakfast shop on the street together.

The sun was shining, and there were more and more people bustling on the road, but there was a reassuring atmosphere spreading, which also infected the two policemen.

Especially after finishing his shift and keeping watch all night, he went out to investigate early in the morning. Although he didn't find any clues, the feeling of guarding a place can still make people feel good for the whole day.

After sitting down, he waited for the waiter to bring two bowls of noodles.

While eating noodles, Lao Liu told Yan Jing to make a work record of the investigation process of this police incident, which was considered to be the end of the case, and the two of them could go home at ease.

After eating noodles, Lao Liu wiped his mouth and prepared to pay the bill and leave, but the team called. It was from the visual investigation team, and he knew that there should be clues in the case.

Before answering the phone, he joked to Yan Jing: "The surveillance cameras purchased by our city for tens of millions every year seem to be effective."

Yan Jing affirmed: "Of course, the maintenance fee is more than 10 million every year, but it's worth it. It's much easier to handle the case."

Lao Liu answered the phone and hung up a few minutes later.

On the phone, the auxiliary police from the video investigation squadron briefly introduced the situation, saying that they had tracked down the whereabouts of a Chinese man who was traveling with them and found out his hotel accommodation information in recent days. The two people should be staying with him.

Then, the relevant hotel and personnel information was transmitted to Lao Liu's mobile phone.

"The compensatory leave is cancelled. Let's go and work."