"We smuggle everything through cruise ships."

"We import them under the guise of purchasing special paper, and those items are hidden within the paper."

"Customs hasn’t discovered them?"

"No, they can’t. When the money is transported, it’s in full sheets. Once it arrives here, we cut it ourselves."

"Is that why you opened the paper factory?"

"Exactly. Other provinces do the same thing, bringing in full sheets and then cutting them ourselves."

The main perpetrator, Zheng Bin, was captured, making the remaining work much easier. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

All subordinates in the province were recruited by Zheng Bin.

After the main perpetrator was caught, all subordinate information was naturally revealed.

In the following three days, all criminals involved in the case throughout the province were apprehended.

Once their identities were known, and with their details in hand, making arrests was relatively simple. The provincial department issued direct orders for the municipal criminal investigation teams to proceed with the arrests.

Lu Chuan initially thought that this case might take a long time to investigate.

But unexpectedly, the Special Task Force achieved a breakthrough in less than three days.

Sun Yu provided crucial information, and the locations of Zheng Bin’s gang were accurately confirmed.

The timing of the arrests was also good. Zheng Bin’s people were preparing to distribute counterfeit money, but they were apprehended just as they were about to transport it.

The follow-up work on the case was taken over by the Criminal Investigation Team at the provincial department.

Li Donglin also reached out to criminal investigation departments in other provinces to share the clues they had discovered.

As for capturing suspects in other provinces, there was practically no need.

Zheng Bin’s gang operated only within this province.

Since there was no actual cross-regional crime, Li Donglin wouldn’t pursue counterfeit money cases in other provinces.

Anyway, the initial breakthrough was made here, so the credit couldn’t escape.

Meanwhile, due to the wide scope of this case, the provincial department had already reported it.

After all, the involvement with outside areas makes it impossible for regular police officers to follow up.

However, Lu Chuan heard from Li Donglin that the provincial department always reports similar cases, and the upper echelons handle them through Interpol.

Compared to murder cases, investigating this kind of case is relatively difficult.

Plus, such investigations span long periods and distances.

Some cases even take departments ten or twenty years to track down.

And even after such a long pursuit, a good outcome isn’t guaranteed.

And this kind of work is often very dangerous. To collect substantial evidence and capture the main leaders, undercover police are needed.

Lu Chuan hadn’t been a police officer for long and hadn’t encountered such cases, nor had he met undercover officers other than Wang Feng.

But Old Bai and the others had. They’d even heard of officers being undercover for over ten or twenty years.

Ten or twenty years...

That’s half a career gone by.

Those who safely return are certainly fortunate.

But many are not so lucky.

Like Wang Feng.

If it hadn’t been for the timely action of a few, he might have died.

By the way, his vacation should be over by now, right?

Let’s gather for a meal when he returns.

On the evening of November 22nd.

At Xiangfeng Hotpot.

"Come on, let’s raise our glasses to celebrate the successful completion of this mission!"

The main perpetrator has been caught, and the relevant information has been reported. The special task force’s workload has finally come to an end.

Tonight, Li Donglin treated the team of around ten people at Xiangfeng Hotpot.

"Brother Wang, a toast to you!"

Lu Chuan drank a lot, toasting everyone one by one.

In the police force, making friends is simple.

Anyone you’ve solved a case with is a friend.

As for Lu Chuan, the Special Task Force looks at him highly. Despite his youth and short tenure, his involvement in major cases isn’t any less than the veterans’.

With recent operations of the Special Task Force, Lu Chuan has played a key role in almost every case.

It’s not that without Lu Chuan, the Special Task Force wouldn’t have solved them.

Take the Tianzhou City massacre case: Wang Song and Song Mingguang’s progress was very swift.

As commonly said, a suspect can’t leave no traces behind.

In today’s world, filled with surveillance cameras, a suspect might evade one or two but can’t avoid them all.

Wang Song and Song Mingguang had identified the suspect’s attire. Following up on this, they would eventually find the suspect’s hideout.

Of course, the attire details were provided by Lu Chuan. Otherwise, Wang Song and Song Mingguang might not have been able to pinpoint the suspect.

The two had to admit, however, that their method would have taken a long time.

Lu Chuan, on the other hand, pursued a different angle, using the Qinzhou City 116 case as a clue to capture the suspect.

Thinking of this, Wang Song clinked glasses with Lu Chuan: "Director Li wanted us both to go to Qinzhou, but why didn’t I go?"

Wang Song was right. Li Donglin had planned for Wang Song and Lu Chuan to follow up on the 116 case in Qinzhou.

But with significant progress on Wang Song’s side and Qinzhou’s Criminal Investigation Team assisting, Li Donglin allowed Lu Chuan to go alone.

Unexpectedly, Lu Chuan captured the suspect in just one day.

One day!

"Haha, Brother Wang, it’s the same everywhere. Besides, in Qinzhou, it was more about luck."

Luck?

"Being humble is good, but excessive humility can be prideful."

Wang Song downed his glass of wine.

Like how they don’t believe coincidences when solving cases, the world doesn’t have that many coincidences or luck.

The Qinzhou City 116 case, a major serious case, had been handled by the provincial department many times, with Li Donglin even personally overseeing it.

What was the result? Half a year of intense investigation without any progress.

It’s become a cold case, unsolved after three years, indicating its difficulty.

Yet Lu Chuan cracked it in one day!

Is that luck?

No, that’s skill!

Of course, there’s some envy, but saying there’s jealousy would be an exaggeration.

Anyone in the Provincial Special Task Force has skills.

Everyone has some legendary case they’ve solved.

Like Wang Song, twenty years ago in his jurisdiction, there was a headless corpse case.

At the time, Wang Song was just an officer in a police station.

He identified the suspect within three hours on the scene and, even though the suspect fled, he pursued them across great distances, single-handedly capturing them in the desert.

By the time he returned, he looked like a refugee.