Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 533 Discovery
Xu Cheng did not take out his phone the whole way.

Upon arriving at the SWAT team headquarters, Chen Shu found a pretext to have Xu Cheng and Xiao Wu enter the interrogation room together. According to regulations, fingerprints, DNA, footprints, three-sided photos, voiceprints, iris scans, and mobile phone data must be collected before entering the interrogation room.

Xiao Wu was very obedient; he did whatever the police asked him to do and quickly completed the procedures before entering the interrogation room.

However, Xu Cheng had strong objections when his DNA was being collected, saying that he had never had his blood drawn since he was a child and firmly opposed the police's arbitrary blood draws.

The team members had no choice but to go out and find their superiors.

Chen Shu had been standing in the monitoring room next door, staring at the monitor, so he was fully aware of what was happening inside. However, he pretended not to know anything and led Zou Qing to the data collection room.

He politely introduced the policy of the public security organs to build a Y database nationwide, which is the most powerful way to combat human trafficking crimes and is also very useful for finding missing persons.

Chen Shu kindly advised, "Mr. Xu, put aside whether it's about contributing to the country, it's good to take precautions for the safety of your own children."

Xu Cheng began to hesitate.

Zou Qing chuckled and deliberately whispered to the teammate next to her, "Is this guy afraid of needles?"

Hearing the young policewoman's sneer, Xu Cheng immediately replied, "Officer, you don't need to explain. I'll follow your instructions."

To avoid arousing Xu Cheng's suspicion, Chen Shu left the room after giving his advice, leaving Zou Qing inside.

Then, Xu Cheng completed the footprint, three-sided photo, voiceprint, and iris scans without the slightest hesitation. Afterwards, he even glanced at the policewoman standing beside him with a hint of pride.

However, when it came to collecting the phone information, he seemed to remember something and hesitated. But it was too late; the unlocked phone was already in Zou Qing's hands.

Xu Cheng stared nervously at the young policewoman in front of him, hoping that the special police wouldn't discover his little secret.

She even repeatedly reassured herself: the police certainly wouldn't make such a fuss over such a minor "dispute" last night...

After getting the phone unlocked, Zou Qing quickly looked through Xu Cheng's call logs and WeChat messages, following Chen Shu's instructions from the next room.

found it!
A smile involuntarily crept onto Zou Qing's lips as she left Xu Cheng, who sensed something was amiss, and went to the next room.

"Senior brother! This guy is really up to no good!" Zou Qing handed her phone, its screen lit up, to Chen Shu, her face beaming with excitement.

Chen Shu took the phone and saw that the WeChat chat history clearly showed that Xu Cheng and his cousin had deliberately used cockroaches to blackmail the owner of the fried noodle stall.

I checked my cousin's WeChat messages and wrote down his phone number. Then I switched to my phone's call history and compared it with the police dispatch time that night. The figure of the bystander in my memory overlapped with my cousin.

Chen Shu handed his phone to Zou Qing and instructed her to take notes before heading to the adjacent data collection room.

At this moment, he was no longer in such a good mood.

"Xu Cheng! Do you know you've broken the law? Do you know what extortion is?!" Chen Shu's roar rang out before he even entered the room.

As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Cheng sitting pale-faced in a chair, stammering, "Officer, I didn't extort you. I've already paid the money."

"Oh, so you've given yourself away." Chen Shu strode into the collection room, walked up to Xu Cheng, and stared intently into his eyes, applying pressure.

"Separate him and Xiao Wu into different detention centers."

After a moment, Chen Shu snorted and walked out of the collection room.

Just as Chen Shu was sitting in his office, studying cases of extortion and defamation in the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law", Zou Qing walked in with a smile, her chin almost touching the ceiling.

Chen Shu smiled and asked, "What good news?"

Zou Qing slammed a small black bag down in front of Chen Shu: "Senior brother, guess what we found on Xu Cheng?"

"It can't be a dead cockroach, can it?" Chen Shu smiled, picked up the small black bag from the table, and opened it.

Zou Qing's excited body suddenly stiffened, her eyes slowly widened, and she stared at Chen Shuleng, saying, "Senior brother, you didn't secretly watch the surveillance footage in the interrogation room, did you?"

The last step before entering the interrogation room is a body search.

"Oh, what a coincidence?"

Chen Shu took out a transparent plastic box from the bag, inside which were several dead cockroaches.

Zou Qing twirled a strand of hair between her slender, jade-like fingers and winked playfully: "Senior brother, this dead cockroach box, plus that fat guy's WeChat chat history, should be enough to deal with this guy, right?"

Chen Shu nodded: "I can handle it."

Zou Qing slammed her hand on the table, full of vigor, and clenched her small fist, saying, "Then senior brother, please sit here. I'll take some men and bring that accomplice over right now!"

There are still more than twenty hours left... Chen Shu thought for a moment and said calmly, "No rush, let's deal with this case of Xiao Wu stealing electric bicycles first."

Then he glanced at the computer screen and said, "It's already past midnight. Let's go to sleep first, and we'll take the statement tomorrow morning."

Zou Qing seemed a little unsatisfied: "Why don't we press our advantage? Senior brother, I've noticed that when they arrest someone, the police station takes statements and gathers evidence immediately. Why is it that when it comes to you, you go to sleep first?"

Chen Shu pushed back the table and chair and stood up: "When handling cases in the police station, you never know when another case or a fight might pop up, so we always try to get things done as quickly as possible. We special police are different; we have to cherish this shift that lasts until dawn."

Walking around the table, Chen Shu patted the little head sitting in the chair, who had big dark circles under his eyes, like an older brother: "You should go get some beauty sleep."

The next day, early morning.

Chen Shu got up early, ate breakfast, and called Yan Song to interrogate Xiao Wu, who had been put in the cage the day before.

Having been accustomed to handling cases at the grassroots level, and not having the habit of having two police officers take statements, Chen Shu asked Yan Song to sit beside him, turned on the surveillance camera in the interrogation room, and began the interrogation.

The ordeal of the night left Xiao Wu in a daze. He was even somewhat confused and was staggered as the police led him into the interrogation room and pinned him to the tiger bench.

A quiet interrogation room.

Chen Shu coughed twice, took a sip of his morning tea, and was about to put on a stern face and start his "majestic" speech when suddenly the door next to him opened a little bit, and Zou Qing, with her big eyes wide open, poked her little head in.

She whispered, "Senior brother, let me try?"

Startled by the sudden noise, Chen Shu spat out a mouthful of air and nearly choked. He said helplessly, "Alright, alright, you can sit here."

This Xiao Wu is clearly a first-time offender, so there shouldn't be any major difficulties in interrogating him. It wouldn't be a problem to hand him over to Zou Qing for practice.

When police interrogate criminal suspects, the presence of a "criminal detention warrant" as a deterrent, coupled with the "bail pending trial" option to cover up the interrogation, leads most people to confess.

Chen Shu gave up his seat and went to the corridor to smoke a cigarette.

A small group of lawyers (or individuals in the underworld) will claim to know insiders and ask for money to arrange bail pending trial, which is essentially a scheme. They say they'll collect money for bail, but will refund it if bail isn't granted.

It appears fair on the surface, but it's actually just a bluff.

In real-life cases like the one described in the article, bail is usually granted when the time is up, such as for drunk driving. There's a lot of room for maneuver involved, so guys, keep your eyes open.

Furthermore, the vast majority of lawyers are responsible; one of Lao Xiong's best friends is a lawyer.

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