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Based on Liu Wei's "transit station" statement, the senior police superintendent of Saraburi immediately thought of the road connecting the porcelain store to the smuggling gang's lair.

Although the smuggling gang is most likely hiding in the mountains, one thing can be confirmed. Their lair must have a convenient road to the transit station in Patongchai Market Town, which is the porcelain lighting store they are searching.

Judging from the smuggling gang's historically efficient and rapid crime characteristics, it is not difficult to deduce that their lair may be located in a mountain forest within the Patongchai area.

The senior superintendent turned back and told the police officer: "Go to the Pathongchai Road Management Bureau to check all the rural roads connecting the market town to the Kamphaeng Mountains!"

Liu Wei smiled slightly. It seemed that the senior superintendent was also a person with strong logical reasoning ability.

The senior superintendent walked up to Liu Wei and smiled: "Liu Wei, thank you for providing us with the clues!"

Liu Wei looked into the porcelain shop, "Can I go in and have a look?"

"Okay!" The senior superintendent did not stop Liu Wei. He was wondering if Liu Wei had discovered something fishy?

Liu Wei walked into the porcelain store and looked through the unsold porcelain in the store. He smiled, and it was consistent with his guess.

A very common modus operandi.

The senior superintendent smiled when he saw Liu Wei and asked doubtfully: "What did you find?"

Liu Wei held a vase over one meter high in his hand and waved to the senior superintendent, "Come and take a look!"

The senior superintendent walked up and took a closer look at the vase Liu Wei was holding. The results were similar to their previous search, and nothing was found.

The senior police superintendent turned his head and looked at Liu Wei with a puzzled look. Liu Wei smiled and said, "Don't you understand yet? Most of the porcelain sold in this store are large porcelain, and there are very few household porcelain such as dishes and pots. , can you estimate whether the height of these porcelain can accommodate ivory?"

The senior superintendent's eyes widened in realization.

When a smuggling gang commits a crime, they will certainly not be stupid enough to openly transport the ivory out. The police and customs will know it upon investigation.

They were bound to find something to wrap the ivory in.

The large-capacity porcelain in the porcelain shop just meets this condition, and it is also a transfer station for smuggling gangs. In other words, the real business of the porcelain shop is to package smuggled items.

In the eyes of the surrounding residents, this place is just a store selling porcelain and lighting. Presumably the sale of lighting is to better confuse the surrounding residents. If people in the market town are in need of lighting, they can come here to buy it, so that it can be open for a long time. Afterwards, even if the porcelain business is not good in the eyes of outsiders, no one will doubt the true purpose of opening this store here.

Liu Wei knelt down and looked at the vase in front of him, and shook his head, "China has been a major producer of porcelain since ancient times. The porcelain in front of us is just a blank in China. I wonder who would like these porcelain if they were bought abroad? Maybe there is only a small market in Africa.

But if rough porcelain is used as a tool for smuggling crimes, the operating costs of the smuggling gangs will be reduced and their profits will be higher.

The greed of the smuggling gangs betrayed them, and the ivory and low-cost tools seized last night can prove that the smuggling gangs have some conflicts of interest with the forces behind them!"

After listening to Liu Wei's analysis, the senior superintendent immediately went out and made a phone call.

The call was made to the chief inspector of the Bangkok Police Department in charge of the case.

He mentioned the idea of ​​ivory hidden in porcelain over the phone, prompting Bangkok police and customs to focus on imported and exported porcelain, especially rough-fired porcelain, when inspecting imported and exported items.

After the senior superintendent finished speaking on the phone, he walked up to Liu Wei and sincerely thanked him: "Liu Wei, thank you so much. You are an international friend of the Thai police!"

Liu Weidao: “If the batch of smuggled ivory can be found at the port, it may be possible to follow the clues to find the power behind the smuggling gang.

But it feels to me that it’s not that simple, and the chain of interests behind it may be beyond our imagination!”

Senior Superintendent understood the meaning of Liu Wei's words and said firmly: "Liu Wei, I can tell you now that the Superintendent is paying close attention to this smuggling case. No matter how powerful the force behind it is, the Thai police will arrest them!"

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment.

The director personally supervises!

That concerns the Thai royal family.

The director is the highest position in the Thai police system. He is awarded the title by the Thai royal family and is equivalent to the Ministry of Public Security in China.

Liu Wei smiled and nodded, "I wish you all the best in advance to solve a major case!"

The senior police superintendent said: "The next most important task is to find the smuggling gang's home base, use their conflicts of interest with the forces behind them, and dig out the chain of interests behind them!"

Liu Weidao: "If there is a harvest at the port, you will get more clues!"

The senior superintendent nodded, fighting spirit igniting in his heart.

After a while, the police officer who went out to investigate the road came over with a printed road map of Pathongchai.

The senior police superintendent stared at the rural roads distributed in Patongchai and was worried. There were at least more than ten roads on the drawing, and which one was correct?

It was difficult for him to come to a conclusion for a while.

"Can you let me take a look?" Liu Wei asked proactively.

"Of course!" The senior superintendent had completely trusted Liu Wei and readily handed the drawings to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei flipped through the drawings one by one, focusing on observing some eye-catching signs around the road. Just looking at the winding road, he couldn't tell much, but he might be able to find some clues by comparing it with the surrounding environment.

When flipping through the seventh drawing, Liu Wei discovered a triangular sign drawn next to the road entrance to the mountain, and annotated this sign at the bottom of the drawing.

The note reads: "Key activity areas of Indochinese tigers"!

Liu Wei smiled and asked: "In Thailand, what is the protection level of the Indochinese tiger?"

The senior superintendent said: "National level!"

"Is there any explicit legal provision in Thailand that prohibits humans from engaging in production and business activities in areas where first-level protected animals are distributed?" Liu Wei asked.

The senior superintendent nodded.

"It shouldn't be wrong, this is the road!" Liu Wei said holding the drawing.

The senior superintendent thought for a while, based on Liu Wei's questions, and understood the basis for Liu Wei's judgment.

"Get ready for action!" the senior superintendent turned around and ordered the police officers.

Liu Wei immediately stopped him and said: "It's too risky for you to rush in like this. Just imagine, the smuggling gang has been engaged in smuggling criminal activities for many years, why are they so confident that they will not be caught by the police?

One is because their action plan looks so thorough that it easily confuses the police.

The second is that they think their base is very safe, because they think it is impossible for the police to think about the Indochinese tiger. After all, it is clearly stipulated by the law. They are taking advantage of the loopholes of the law. Another point is that they are engaged in this life-threatening business. It is impossible without the support of armed forces.

With your current police force, it is equivalent to death, and if you still alert the enemy, it will be even more difficult to deal with! "

"Do you have any better suggestions?" Senior Superintendent agreed with Liu Wei's analysis.

Liu Weidao: "I can go and help you explore the situation first!"