After pondering for a while, Liu Qingyu directly called Zhou Shangwu, who was in charge of the director's hotline: "Shangwu, was it you who transferred the call just now about reporting the smuggling of luxury cars?"
Zhou Shangwu nodded: "Yes, Director Liu."
"When he reported it, apart from saying that someone accidentally mixed cars into a wheat container tomorrow, did he mention any other information?" Liu Qingyu asked.
Zhou Shangwu smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "No, this whistleblower only mentioned this piece of information." After saying this, Zhou Shangwu suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said: "Oh, by the way, this person also said this This is not the first time that the other party has smuggled cars in, and it is not the first time that he has reported it. If we ignore it this time, he will not report it again in the future. This person seems to be very concerned about our public security and customs anti-smuggling division. We have lost confidence. This may be the last time the other party reports, but we are not sure whether the information he reported is true or false."
Liu Qingyu nodded when he heard this and said: "Well, the more this happens, the more cautious we must be. Let's do this. You and I will go to the Lanshan City Customs Clearance Goods Yard tomorrow. We want to see it on the spot."
Zhou Shangwu couldn't help frowning when he heard this and said: "Director Liu, I feel that it doesn't mean much whether you go or not."
Liu Qingyu couldn't help but frown: "What's going on?"
Zhou Shangwu smiled bitterly and said: "Director Liu, the thing is like this. Since the customs is a special department, in terms of administrative relations, although our Lanshan City Customs is in our Lanshan City, it is under the vertical leadership of the General Administration of Customs. We It is difficult for the local government to directly manage Lanshan Customs, and Lanshan Customs basically does not buy into our Lanshan City. Especially the director of Lanshan City Customs, Li Qinghe, was directly sent from the provincial customs and has always been high-minded. Yu Ding doesn’t really like our place.”
Liu Qingyu's face couldn't help but darken when he heard this, and then asked: "What about the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau? Isn't this unit a department jointly led by the local government and the customs? They should always accept our management."
Zhou Shangwu still smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Director Liu, in principle, this is what you said, but in fact, when it comes to actually doing things, since the head of the anti-smuggling bureau is often the first deputy director of the customs, the anti-smuggling bureau Whether the bureau is willing to cooperate with our local investigation and handling of smuggling often depends on the attitude of the customs. The director of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of our Lanshan City Anti-Smuggling Bureau Zhou Zhihua and the director of the Customs Bureau Li Qinghe have a very close relationship. Therefore, Zhou Zhihua has a very close relationship with our Lanshan City Public Security Bureau. Basically, they don’t buy it. When it comes to investigating and handling smuggling, they tend to do their own thing, and they basically ignore some of the information we feed back to them.
This is probably why the organizer is full of doubts about whether we can really handle the information he reported, and I can hear from his words that he has been severely beaten and retaliated by some people for reporting, that is to say , when he reported to the relevant departments in the past, the relevant departments did not keep him confidential and even told the person being reported about the situation of the reporter."
When Liu Qingyu heard this, his face became even more gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, what a great Lanshan City Anti-Smuggling Bureau. Since they don't cooperate with the work of our Lanshan City Public Security Bureau, then we can act on our own. Anyway, our Lanshan City Police Department also has the authority to investigate and deal with smuggling crimes in accordance with the law. Even if their relevant leaders have not changed their minds, our Lanshan City Police Department will resolutely act in accordance with the law and engage in our legitimate law enforcement activities in accordance with the authority given to us by the law. .”
Zhou Shangwu still said with some concerns: "Director Liu, you are right, but I am worried that if this happens, the Municipal Anti-Smuggling Branch and the Municipal Customs will complain to their superiors."
Liu Qingyu smiled disdainfully: "Complain, we enforce the law normally, what are we afraid of?"
After speaking, Liu Qingyu gave Zhou Shangwu some instructions before hanging up the phone.
At 7 o'clock in the morning the next day, Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu had already gathered at the entrance of the municipal bureau compound, and then they took a car directly to the Lanshan City Customs Clearance Goods Yard.
When Liu Qingyu and the others rushed to the customs clearance yard, outside the huge cargo yard, transport trucks waiting to load and unload goods had already formed a long queue. In the cargo yard, containers of goods were piled up next to each other like a hill. Generally, you can't see the edge at a glance.
When Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu arrived at the gate of the customs clearance yard, it was already 8 o'clock in the morning, and cars from Lanshan City Customs had begun to enter the yard one after another, preparing to load and unload goods.
Seeing this situation, Liu Qingyu took Zhou Shangwu to the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau without saying a word, walked directly into the office of Zhou Zhihua, deputy director of the Customs and director of the Anti-smuggling Branch, and knocked on the door.
A majestic voice came from the room: "Come in."
Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu pushed the door open and entered.
Zhou Zhihua is a man in his fifties, bald, without a hat, with triangular eyes, big and obvious bags under his eyes, and a very bulging belly.
At this moment, opposite Zhou Zhihua, sat a middle-aged man in his 40s with a Chinese character face. There was a large black handbag at his feet. The handbag was bulging and looked very substantial. When he saw Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu walked in. This man kicked the handbag under Zhou Zhihua's table hard, as if he wanted to hide something.
Zhou Zhihua frowned and looked at Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu and asked, "Who are you and why did you come to me?"
Zhou Zhihua was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu, because according to the working hours of Lanshan City Customs, the customs here usually don't go to work until around 8:30. It's not even 8 o'clock now. But they went directly to their office to look for themselves. Did they know that they would come early today? But on second thought, they didn't know these two people. The other party should not have come to find themselves. They should have found the wrong person. That's why I ask this question.
Liu Qingyu glanced at Zhou Zhihua for a few times and then said slowly: "Are you Comrade Zhou Zhihua?"
When he heard the word "comrade", Zhou Zhihua's face wrinkled even more tightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Yes, I am Zhou Zhihua, and you are."
Liu Qingyu didn't say much. He took out his work permit and handed it to Zhou Zhihua and said, "Hello, Comrade Zhou Zhihua, I am Liu Qingyu, secretary of the Lanshan Municipal Law Committee and director of the Lanshan City Public Security Bureau."
Zhou Zhihua took Liu Qingyu's work permit and looked at it. After confirming that it was correct, he handed it back to Liu Qingyu. He forced a smile on his originally cold face and said: "Secretary Liu, I don't know why you are interested. Your Majesty has come to our small place. He is such a rare visitor. I wonder if you have any business here."
Although he said the words with a smile, it was obvious that there was no welcome on Zhou Zhihua's face.
Liu Qingyu didn't care, and said straight to the point: "Director Zhou, I came here today because we received specific reporting information, saying that among the goods to be cleared today, there were a large number of smuggled items, so I wanted to come over Cooperate with your Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau to find and seize this batch of goods, and contribute to recovering our country’s customs losses.”
After hearing what Liu Qingyu said, the face of the man sitting opposite Zhou Zhihua changed color in an instant. Although he quickly returned to normal, Liu Qingyu was still sensitively aware of it, and he seemed to have something in his heart. Realized, and then stared closely at Zhou Zhihua, wanting to hear his answer.
After Zhou Zhihua heard Liu Qingyu's words, his face darkened immediately, and his tone was not as gentle as before: "Comrade Liu Qingyu, thank you very much for the information provided by the police. To be honest, for such reporting information, we The Anti-Smuggling Bureau receives dozens or even hundreds of messages every day, and if we have to carefully verify every piece of information, I’m afraid our Anti-Smuggling Bureau’s small manpower will be exhausted.”
Liu Qingyu showed an unhappy look on his face: "It's okay, if your Anti-Smuggling Bureau is worried about being tired, our Lanshan City Public Security Bureau can cooperate with you, so that you don't have to be so tired, and we can complete our tasks." It’s your duty.”
Zhou Zhihua waved his hands vigorously and said: "It's not necessary. We at the Anti-Smuggling Bureau have our own set of procedures for how to do things. As long as we follow this procedure, there will definitely be no mistakes. And our customs has strict rules." Customs review and clearance process, even if smuggled items are really discovered, they will not be able to pass our review process. During the process, we will seize the goods. So, Comrade Liu Qingyu, our customs side There is no need to trouble your comrades from the local public security bureau. I still have some distinguished guests to receive here, so I won’t keep you here."
As he spoke, Zhou Zhihua picked up the tea cup in his hand, opened the lid and took a sip of the tea inside. The meaning of serving tea as a farewell to guests was already very obvious.
Hearing this, Liu Qingyu smiled slightly at Zhou Zhihua: "Okay, then Director Zhou, you can go about your business, and we won't disturb you anymore."
Not long after Liu Qingyu and Zhou Shangwu walked out of the door of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, Zhou Shangwu immediately said with a bit of dissatisfaction on his face: "Director Liu, this Zhou Zhihua is so arrogant, he doesn't even listen to what we say in detail, and directly I intercepted what you were saying and clearly pointed out that we are not allowed to interfere with their customs affairs. This is too overbearing."
Liu Qingyu frowned and said, "Shang Wu, have you noticed the person sitting in Zhou Zhihua's office?"
Zhou Shangwu said: "I noticed that the handbag under his feet is very heavy. I guess it is probably full of cash."
Liu Qingyu asked: "Why do you say that?"
Zhou Shangwu said: "I have heard a long time ago that cash transactions are popular at Lanshan City Customs. Generally, if the bosses of smuggled goods want to successfully take away the smuggled goods from the customs clearance yard, they will usually use cash transactions directly. Bring the money to the leader's office, clear the secret code and talk, then leave the cash."
