Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 281 Disguised as a Delivery Guy
The group headed towards the conference room of Zhongshan Police Station. The middle-aged special police officer at the front turned around and asked, "Chief Chen, are we going to arrest a murderer later?"

Chen Shu was a little confused by the question, but the other person was at least a generation older than him, so he could only patiently explain: "We've found a clue this time, and we're going to do that tonight."

The middle-aged special police officer paused for a moment, his strides slowed, and then his eyes lit up as he uttered a series of "Good, good, good"s.

"Haha, after being a policeman for over twenty years, I've never handled a case involving the manufacture of O! This is a big case, a serious case! Haha, I knew I'd get some good stuff working for you!"

Then, he frowned again: "By the way, are we making the arrest tonight?"

Chen Shu assumed the other party felt it was irresponsible to hastily call in their special police and immediately get to work, so he explained apologetically:

“We originally thought it was just a small case of drug trafficking, but we didn’t expect it to lead to a major clue about drug manufacturing. The current situation is that one of their henchmen has been detained by us and has been out of contact for 24 hours. In order to avoid arousing their suspicion, we plan to raid their factory tonight.”

"Alright, alright! Let's cut to the chase, the longer we wait, the more things might go wrong!" The middle-aged SWAT officer didn't seem to think too much about it; upon learning that he could be deployed to the operation immediately, he readily agreed.

As the group talked, they entered the conference room, where half of the long table was covered with food. There were pan-fried buns, potstickers, boiled dumplings, stir-fried rice noodles, and more. The staff from Zhongshan Institute who were working overtime or on duty, unaware of the situation, had already sat down and started eating.

These were all bought by Xu Chaofan, and Chen Shu looked at him somewhat awkwardly.

In high spirits, Xu Chaofan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, hurry up and eat while it's hot! Eat as much as you want, there's plenty to go around!"

While everyone was having a late-night snack in the conference room, Chen Shu took out his police mobile phone and checked the police number he had previously noted down. He discovered that the enthusiastic middle-aged special police officer was actually Li Da, the captain of the special police brigade.

No wonder the SWAT team, which usually consists of five people, has six this time; it turns out the team's duty leader came along too. However, judging by his overly enthusiastic attitude and apparent ignorance of the case, he doesn't seem to have come specifically for it.
Chen Shu's lips twitched, wondering what the captain was up to.

After everyone finished their late-night snack, Chen Shu took advantage of the fact that everyone was present and briefly explained the arrest plan.

According to information revealed by Lao Xi, a criminal suspect who has been apprehended, and the unlocked mobile phone of one of the gang members, Da Feiji, the gang was small in number and had been targeted by the public security authorities, thus possessing a certain degree of counter-surveillance capabilities.

After explaining the background of the case, Chen Shu smiled apologetically: "In order to avoid arousing their suspicion, this arrest operation was a bit rushed. Please be sure to pay attention to safety during the operation."

At two in the morning, all was quiet.

A chubby, dark figure nimbly ran along the wall of a house along the village road toward four cars that were parked quietly in a row at the corner of the village entrance, with no engines running.

Panting heavily, he pulled open the car door and jumped into one of the black Santana cars. Inside the dark car, three pairs of bright eyes were staring at the fat man who had arrived later.

"Huff, huff, Brother Shu, just as you predicted, one of our men caught up with the delivery guy at the intersection. We have him and the food under control for now," the fat man said, panting.

Through the WeChat chat history on the large aircraft's phone, Chen Shu learned that the gang had a habit of ordering food and eating late-night snacks around 2 AM every day. Therefore, he devised a plan to arrange three groups of people to intercept real delivery drivers on the road, and then he would disguise himself as a delivery driver to deliver the food and conduct reconnaissance. Having already changed into his yellow delivery uniform in the car, Chen Shu looked around and said in a deep voice, "Li Da, Xu Ge, I'll go check out the situation inside first. You can send people over slowly."

Captain Li frowned and said, "Chief Chen, why don't you just rush in and arrest them when they open the door? Going in alone like this is both dangerous and unnecessary."

Chen Shu explained with a smile, "Li Da, the main problem is that this operation was too rushed. We didn't have enough information on hand, and we didn't conduct the necessary preliminary reconnaissance. So I wanted to take another look before the operation to put my mind at ease."

Xu Chaofan patted the steering wheel: "Chen Shu, you're just too cautious. It's alright, don't worry about it, leave the things outside to us."

As arranged, Xu Chaofan was responsible for blocking the two back doors, while Li Da and his men stood guard not far away, deciding whether to rush through the doors to make the arrest or wait for the next opportunity based on Chen Shu's hand gestures at the scene.

After giving the instructions, Chen Shu led Zhu Chaoran to the temporary ambush point.

"Fatty, did you alert anyone in the neighborhood?"

"Whew. We were still more than a hundred meters away from that yard. Back then, Brother Wang pretended to be drunk and flagged down the electric scooter. It went very smoothly. They didn't notice."

When they arrived at the ambush point, the road was deserted; there wasn't a soul in sight.

Li Chaoyang peeked out from behind the wall at the street corner and waved: "Senior brother, over here."

Chen Shu walked around the low wall and saw seven or eight people standing behind it, among whom a young man in a yellow delivery uniform stood out.

He went over to comfort him and said, "Young man, thank you for your trouble. I'll also need to borrow your electric scooter and phone later. If you incur any losses later, we will compensate you accordingly."

Although it was the middle of the night, the delivery guy was in good spirits. He lowered his voice and said with bright eyes, "It's okay, there aren't many orders at this hour. What compensation do you need? Just go about your business and don't worry about me. Oh, by the way, if you need any help, just let me know! I'm a retired soldier, I'm still pretty good at fighting!"

As he spoke, he gestured "heave-ho, heave-ho" a couple of times.

Looking at the excited young man in front of him, Chen Shu smiled and replied, "Okay, young man."

Taking the three transparent bags containing takeout boxes from Li Chaoyang, Chen Shu counted them: "Eight portions, quite a lot of people."

He had a sudden inspiration. He put one of the bags containing two takeout orders aside, then picked up the remaining two transparent bags and walked to the electric scooter parked nearby, putting them into the takeout box on top.

I got on the electric scooter, turned the ignition switch with my right hand, and the scooter sped off with a "whoosh," heading alone towards the large courtyard at the end of the path.

(End of this chapter)