Chapter 94

"Don't be afraid, don't be nervous, we are from the Public Security Bureau, we are here to save you."

Han Bo used his flashlight to find a light cord and gently pulled it, lighting up the shed. The woman who was imprisoned was even more frightened, covering her face with her hands, making indistinct sounds, and the chain around her neck jingled.

She was in her thirties, slim, with long nails, and her hair, face, hands, and exposed body were covered in dirt. In the corner was an enamel food bowl and a plastic spittoon. She ate, drank, relieved herself, and slept in this space of less than ten square meters. Despite the shed being drafty, the air was still filled with a pungent stench.

These bastards, they actually treated people like dogs!

Han Bo quickly pulled the cord to turn off the light, trying to ease her fear and tension.

"Director Han, Hao Li is not here."

"What?"

Chen Meng instinctively covered his nose and said dejectedly, "There are two minor figures outside. They said Hao Li went back to his hometown, leaving yesterday noon."

The main culprit actually got away!

Han Bo slapped his thigh and said regretfully, "Go back to his hometown? Is that possible? He's nearby, he's nearby. It's my fault for being too hasty, otherwise, we wouldn't have alerted him."

"Director Han, it's not your fault."

Wang Jiefang put away his gun, glanced at the woman inside, and took out a cigarette, saying, "The main culprit is cunning, highly alert, and has some anti-investigation skills. He won't show up unless he sees Meng Shiyong and Gui Sulan return together. Perhaps Hao Li's name is even fake."

"I should have worked more on Gui Sulan, even on the way in the car."

In the past few years, Wang Jiefang had assisted the local Public Security Bureau in rescuing several women and knew how difficult anti-human trafficking work was. He consoled, "Fishing with a long line is a method, but the risk is too high, and we don't have the time. Director Han, don't be discouraged. We've at least captured two accomplices and rescued one woman. For us, rescue is as important as crackdown, if not more so."

Thinking about it, the ones who escaped can be caught later, but if the trafficked women are not rescued in time, their lives will be ruined.

Han Bo nodded slightly and said with a bitter smile, "It's inconvenient not to have a female officer here. Old Mi, Old Jia, you are experienced and look trustworthy. Please help, go in and handle it."

"Us? We go?" Mi Jinlong frowned.

"You are experienced, and your daughter is that age. Old Jia is about to have a grandson. If you don't go, who will? We are young men, and it's not convenient for us."

This reason was sufficient. Mi Jinlong sighed helplessly, "Alright, I brought two sets of clothes in the car. I'll go get them. Whether they fit or not, she needs to wear something."

"Find some hot water and let her wash up."

"I know, with such a stench, how can she get in the car without washing?"

Xiao Dan brought a newly captured suspect into the room, turned on the light, searched him, took his belt, and made him kneel in the corner, starting the interrogation. Another suspect was detained in the asbestos shed in the backyard, interrogated by Chen Meng.

Meng Shiyong performed well and didn't need to kneel. He was taken to the just-arrived SUV at the gate and questioned inside.

There was a woman imprisoned here, and they didn't know for how many days. The place was correct, and they didn't arrest the wrong people. The key was that he started to confess these details.

Han Bo asked coldly, "What happened? Where is Hao Li?"

Not capturing Hao Li, Meng Shiyong was more anxious, saying in a pleading tone, "Officer Han, Officer Han, Hao Li was here when I left. He didn't say he was going back to his hometown. I swear, every word I say is true."

"Was he here when you brought people back before?"

"Yes."

"Then why wasn't he here this time?"

Thinking about how Gui Sulan always left for a while each time he brought people, Meng Shiyong exclaimed, "Maybe he and Gui Sulan had some secret signal. Gui Sulan didn't call or send the signal, so he was worried and ran away first."

Han Bo was furious, slapped his face, and asked, "Why didn't you say this earlier?"

"Officer Han, I didn't know, I really didn't know. I was just guessing. Besides, Gui Sulan is his woman. She doesn't live with me at night and doesn't tell me what she does. I only know about bringing people and getting money, nothing else."

"Do you recognize the two inside?"

"I've seen them, but I don't know their names. They pick up scrap and collect old goods around here. They actually steal. When they see job seekers, beggars, or lone women, they trick them here and sell them to Hao Li, who then finds a way to sell them."

"What about the woman who was imprisoned?"

"I don't know her, I've never seen her, and I've never been to the backyard. Officer Han, I have a job, a rickshaw, and can support myself. I'm not idle. I was bewitched and helped him bring people. When I say bring people, I mean bringing his women, bringing Gui Sulan. Trafficking others has nothing to do with me..."

This guy is quite good at shifting blame.

Three people, interrogated simultaneously, cross-verified. It's not easy to lie.

The results proved that Meng Shiyong wasn't lying. The two newly captured suspects admitted to theft and trafficking women and confessed to helping Hao Li.

The one who escaped was more troublesome than expected. Using the convenience of collecting scrap, he targeted some homeless people from other places in Jiangyang City, tricking or kidnapping lone women from other places and then selling them through intermediaries (like Chen Yuehong) to economically underdeveloped areas in Jiangbei.

He didn't kidnap people from Jiangyang or sell them in Jiangyang, using the scrap collection station as a cover, making it difficult for the Jiangyang Public Security Bureau to detect.

Through the clues already obtained, it was confirmed that he not only developed "downlines" but also "uplines."

Shen Qiuyan, rescued from Qingfeng Village in Liuxia Town, was not kidnapped in Jiangyang but was tricked to Jiangyang from her hometown in Xichuan under the guise of job placement and then sold to Liuxia from Jiangyang.

The organization was tight, and the division of labor was clear.

To dismantle this gang, they had to catch him. Catching these small fry was useless.

While reflecting on the mistakes made in this operation and what to pay attention to next time, Old Mi ran out of the house and said, "Director Han, the woman is mentally unstable, possibly insane. I don't know if she was scared insane or was already insane."

"Insane?"

"See for yourself. We gave her bread to eat and some water to drink. She's no longer afraid, laughing, singing, and dancing."

Getting out of the car and going in, the woman, who had just washed and changed into men's clothes, was indeed singing and dancing in the yard: "Left hand with a gong, right hand with a drum, holding the gong and drum, singing a song. I can't sing any other songs, only the Fengyang song. Fengyang song, oh, ding dong, ding dong, ding~ dong, ding~ dong, ding dong ding dong..."

This is a big problem, what to do!

Take her back and take care of her?

Han Bo's face fell, and he was at a loss.

Human traffickers not only trafficked normal women but also trafficked people with disabilities, mental impairments, deafness, blindness, and physical disabilities. Compared to normal people, they preferred to traffic these problematic individuals.

Why don't so many law enforcement agencies actively combat human trafficking, even though it's easy to achieve results?

One reason is the lack of funding, and the other is the fear of encountering such situations.

Director Han, now you know that being the captain of the anti-human trafficking unit is not an easy job, Wang Jiefang sympathized with his colleague who was tricked by the bureau leadership to take on this role and said lightly, "Her speech is clear, the lyrics are spot-on, and her sense of rhythm is good. She didn't go off-key at all. She might have been shocked or traumatized. It's not a big problem. Sending her to a psychiatric hospital should help."

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