Chapter 525, Ransom(1/2)
"Attention all units, rush to Central immediately. Rush to Central immediately. The transaction address is not at Chase Bank in Wan Chai. It has been transferred to Central." Because there is a spy like Mr. Hong.
Lu Qichang and others were easily transferred. After learning that the transaction address had changed, Lu Qichang and others had no time to drive, so they ran directly towards Central, shouting over and over again:
"Everyone, please pay attention and don't miss anything. Robbers may appear at any time."
"Understood!" everyone responded and started busy with their own work.
"Mrs. Wang!"
Mrs. Wang got out of her car early in the morning and drove to Chase Bank in Wan Chai. Then she was called to Central. On the way, the phone rang. No need to ask whether it was the robber's call. Sure enough, as soon as the call was answered, the robber's voice came over.
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"You don't have to ask me who I am, I'll call you later." On the other end of the phone, the robber obviously knew that the phone was being monitored by the police, so he just said a few words and hung up the phone.
"Why Mandarin?"
At the surveillance center Wan Chai Police Station, Director Yu, who had not yet gone to the Hong Kong Island Region to report, heard that the man on the phone was speaking Mandarin and asked.
"Where did you call?"
"I don't know yet. I just found out that this call was not made from Xiangjiang, but from other places." The police officer responsible for checking the source of the call raised his head and responded.
Because the call time was too short, we couldn't determine the exact location. We only had time to confirm that the TV call was not coming from a local location.
"Continue to investigate." Director Yu ordered.
"Yes!" the subordinate replied.
"Mrs. Wang has arrived at the bank, but the target has not appeared yet. She is probably giving instructions through the phone." Xiangjiang's territory is very small. In just ten minutes, Mrs. Wang's car arrived at the entrance of Chase Bank. The police officer responsible for monitoring immediately reported to the police.
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"Go into the bank and exchange 60 million US dollars for fifty cashier's checks." As soon as Mrs. Wang arrived at the bank door, the robber called again, asking Mrs. Wang to go into the bank to withdraw money.
"Good morning, Mrs. Wang!"
As one of the most wealthy families in Hong Kong, Wang Yifei and his wife are key customers of the bank. Seeing Mrs. Wang come in, the receptionist immediately stood up and said hello.
"Please withdraw US$60 million from my account. I had a phone call with your manager last night." Mrs. Wang lowered her voice.
"The money will be withdrawn immediately, and the robbers should appear soon." Seeing Mrs. Wang entering the bank, Lu Qichang asked everyone to be vigilant and be ready to arrest her at any time.
"Director, there's another call coming in. It's probably from the gangsters." Before Lu Qichang finished speaking, Mrs. Wang's phone rang.
"You go to the Overseas Union Bank three blocks away now." The robber directed Mrs. Wang's actions over the phone.
"Hualian Bank, hurry up, follow." Seeing Mrs. Wang walking towards Hualian Bank not far away, Lu Qichang and others quickly followed.
"I did everything you asked me to do. If I want a cashier's check, I can change it. If I want to change a bank, I can change a bank. I can't even say a few words to my husband."
Mrs. Wang walked towards the Hualian Bank three streets away while trying to trick the robbers.
She knew that her phone number was always under police surveillance. As long as she could detain the robber, the police would be able to locate the location where the robber was calling and catch him. Then her husband would hopefully come back.
"Your husband is safe now. As long as we release him immediately as soon as we receive the money, you must not play any tricks, otherwise I will not be able to guarantee your husband's personal safety." The robber did not expect that Mrs. Wang would deliberately trick him.
I feel like the time on the phone is a bit long.
"Don't embarrass my husband. I will listen to you and remit the money to you as soon as possible." Faced with the robber's threats, Mrs. Wang began to beg for mercy.
"Follow further away and don't disturb Mrs. Wang. Let her chat with the robber for a while." Lu Qichang, who was following Mrs. Wang not far behind with a large number of police officers, ordered everyone to retreat.
Instantly following Mrs. Wang, dozens of police officers disguised as pedestrians retreated in an orderly manner. Fortunately, Mrs. Wang's attention was on the phone, otherwise they would have been discovered.
"Found it, contact Mrs. Wang
The call was from the Mainland Special Administrative Region." Thanks to the robber's carelessness, the police found the location where he made the call.
"Contact the SAR Police Department immediately. I want to talk to their director." Yu Suqiu said loudly immediately.
Soon, the call to the SAR Public Security Bureau was connected.
"Director Lin, I am Yu Suqiu from the Hong Kong Island Region. I have something to trouble you." Yu Suqiu said loudly into the microphone.
"It's no trouble. We are all compatriots. If I can help, I will definitely help." For some unspeakable reasons, the mainland is very friendly to Xiangjiang and almost responds to every request.
"Thank you very much. We have a case here and we need your cooperation." Yu Suqiu briefly explained the situation and hoped that Director Lin could mobilize troops to arrest the robber who made the phone call.
"I have entered Hualian Bank now, what should I do next?" Mrs. Wang called and entered Hualian Bank.
"Listen carefully. Deposit the cashier's check at the Taipei Branch of Overseas Union Bank. The account number is XXXXXX!" The robber who called also knew that he had wasted a little too much time.
It's just that now it's a critical moment. If you hold on for a while, you can get the money, so you call and order while observing the situation around you. If there is any sign of trouble, leave immediately.
"Okay, I'll do it now, I'll do it now, as long as my husband can come back, I will definitely give him money, I will definitely give him money." Mrs. Wang begged while memorizing her bank account number.
"Director, the money went to more than a dozen different accounts at the Taipei Branch of Overseas Union Bank." The police officer who had been tracking the accounts reported to Yu Suqiuhui.
"The money went to Wanwan. It seems that there was Wanwan among the robbers, otherwise the money would not have gone to Wanwan." Yu Suqiu nodded and said, "Call the Wanwan Police Station. I want to talk to them.
Telephone."
"Yes!" The subordinate nodded and started dialing the number of Wanwan Police Department.
"Hello, this is the Hong Kong Wan Chai Police Station. I have something to do with Director Shen. Please transfer the call immediately."
"I'm just, what's the matter?" Since the call was from Director Shen's office, Director Shen answered the call directly.
"Director Shen, our Director Yu from the Hong Kong Island Region wants to see you, please wait a moment." The policewoman who called apologized and handed the phone to Yu Suqiu.
"Director Shen, we discovered a kidnapping case. The kidnapped was Wang Yifei, a well-known rich man in Hong Kong. The robbers demanded a sky-high ransom of 60 million US dollars. Now the money has been deposited into more than a dozen accounts of the Taipei Branch of Overseas Union Bank.
Please investigate and freeze this money."
Yu Suqiu got straight to the point and quickly explained the reason for her call, hoping for support from Wanwan.
"Director Yu, the kidnapping case did not happen in Wanwan. Remittance is a normal economic activity. Legally, we have no right to do anything about it." Like the Xiangjiang side, Wanwan's leader also likes to do more rather than less. Listen.
After hearing Su Qiu's intention, Director Shen refused.
"Director Shen, I suspect that these robbers are gangsters. They kidnapped wealthy people to raise funds for their organizations, and then used the money to carry out illegal activities.
If you can take action, you can not only help us, but also yourself."
They were both foxes for thousands of years, and Yu Suqiu didn't need to play Liao Zhai to know the other party's concerns, so he immediately told nonsense, linking the kidnapping case with the murder, and made Mr. Hong, who was working as an undercover agent in the team, very angry.
I just want to make money so that I can live a worry-free life after retirement. Why am I connected with ***?
It’s really an official word, you can say it however you want.
"Meilin Street public phone, thank you." Just when Yu Suqiu and Director Shen were causing trouble, the girl responsible for tracking the phone came to Yu Suqiu and said loudly.
"Director, the phone number of the Special Administrative Region has been found. The call was from a public phone box on Plum Street."
"Very good, contact Director Lin immediately and ask them to take action immediately to arrest the prisoner."
Knowing that the caller was there, Yu Suqiu didn't want the cat to be a rat. For her, if it weren't for this case, she would have reported it to the General Administration, immediately ordered the arrest, and at the same time picked up the phone and notified Lu Qichang directly.
"Go to the bank immediately,
Ask Mrs. Wang to stop remitting money, I don’t care what method you use, if Mrs. Wang remits all the money, then the clue may be lost."
"Understood!" Lu Qichang nodded, got out of the tracking car parked outside the bank, and quickly entered the bank.
"Don't be in a hurry. I'm making the remittance. I've already remitted 30 million." In the bank, Mrs. Wang asked the robbers to contact her while paying attention to the progress of the remittance.
"Continue to remit the money. Your husband's life is in your hands. Don't play tricks on me." Hearing that half of the remittance had been completed, the kidnapper on the other end of the phone was very happy and spoke with excitement.
"Don't worry, I followed your instructions. The money has been remitted. Just wait a little longer. Remitting money takes time. You must remember to let my husband go after receiving the money. "Mrs. Wang said eagerly.
"Please wait and call me again. My phone is about to run out of battery. I'll change the battery. It'll be fine in a minute." Seeing that her elder brother's battery was too high and the alarm started to sound, Mrs. Wang begged to change the battery.
"I'm warning you not to play tricks. I'll call you in a minute." The kidnapper also knew that Big Brother had a lot of power and would die if he didn't change the battery, so he reluctantly agreed.
"Mrs. Wang, our police ask you to stop remitting money." Just as Mrs. Wang was busy replacing the battery, Lu Qichang rushed into the VIP room and came to Mrs. Wang and shouted loudly.
"Because even if the kidnappers receive the money, they may break it for safety reasons."
"I know, but I have no other choice. If I don't pay, my husband really won't be able to come back." Mrs. Wang became anxious when she heard that Lu Qichang would not allow her to remit money.
"It's you who asked me to remit money, and now it's you who don't let me remit money. What on earth do you want me to do? As long as I can save my husband, I will do anything."
"Mrs. Wang, we have to remit the fourth amount of money now. The amount is 14 million. Do you want it?" Because Lu Qichang brought his ID, the bank manager knew that he was a policeman.
In order not to get into trouble, I specifically asked Mrs. Wang if she wanted to continue before sending the money.
"Continue to pay." Mrs. Wang said loudly.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing the bank clerk's fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard, and the fourth amount of money was about to be transferred, Lu Qichang quickly stopped him.
"Mrs. Wang, I want to remind you that if you send all the money, the clues will be cut off and we will not be able to solve the case."
"Whether the case is solved or not is your police force's business. What I want is for my husband to come back. As long as my husband can come back, money is not important." Mrs. Wang said loudly.
"Mr. Wang may not be able to come back even if he remits the money. Mrs. Wang, this is the information I brought. They are all the kidnapping cases of wealthy people in the past few years. In the past five years, there have been a total of fifteen wealthy people who were raped after their families paid. You
I don’t want Mr. Wang to be the sixteenth player either.”
Lu Qichang put the case summary in front of Mrs. Wang and said loudly, "Mrs. Wang, do you believe our police or the kidnappers? Please think carefully."
"Who do you believe?"
Mrs. Wang was shaken by Lu Qichang's words. She really couldn't make up her mind.
To be continued...