Chapter 806: Arrest on the Train
Chen Jiang has been working as a train conductor for more than 20 years.
Although he’s never been promoted, he’s really familiar with everything on the train.
In this society, not everyone who’s capable can get promoted, and it’s not like just because you’ve been in a position for a long time you’ll definitely move up.
People who stick to the same post for ten or twenty years are everywhere.
Just like the vast majority of train police officers and attendants on this train.
Once they get on the train and start this job, they end up doing it for ten or twenty years straight.
The ones who can do it for a year or two and then leave, those are not ordinary people.
Unfortunately, most people are ordinary.
"Alright, check first."
Yang Baohua had no objections to Chen Jiang’s arrangement.
What Yang Baohua was thinking about was the jurisdiction issue.
He himself belongs to the railway police station, and the railway police station’s jurisdiction is on the train.
He’s also allowed to carry a gun while on duty.
This is how it’s been historically, because trains pass through so many different areas; it’s impossible for local police to get on every stretch to maintain order.
So an institution like the railway police station came into being.
Their law enforcement ground isn’t on the ground, it’s on the trains.
From a law enforcement authority standpoint, all cases that happen on the train are the railway police station’s responsibility.
And joint operations between local police and railway police like this are actually very common.
But in reality, even though Lu Chuan’s side had already identified the suspect, the arrest operation would be carried out by the railway police station.
And the arrest is precisely the most dangerous part.
Yang Baohua glanced at Liu, who was following behind him.
He turned his head and reminded him: "If we confirm they’re on the train later, you just follow right behind me, and whatever you do, don’t act rashly!"
"Got it?"
"Mm, mm, got it."
Liu said he understood, but inside he was so excited he could die.
Ever since he joined the police, this was his first case!
In the broadcast room, on the computer, Yang Baohua and the others pulled up the suspect’s information.
"Zhang Haitao, male..."
At the end of the file were three photos of Zhang Haitao.
One was the photo saved in the household registration system, one was a surveillance snapshot taken at Construction Road North Fifth Lane, and another was a photo from when Zhang Haitao was working at the Zhabei Mine.
"Liu, how’s it look?"
Liu Feng’s eyes lit up after seeing the first photo, then he looked at the second.
Then, without even looking at the third photo, he nodded firmly: "Car 8, seat 19!"
"A man and a woman, with a kid. When I passed by, the kid was sleeping!"
"You sure?!"
If they were still on the train, then this would be easy.
Yang Baohua’s voice was fired up.
He’d run into quite a few child trafficking cases on trains.
Especially in the earlier years, they were frequent.
If they could catch them on the train, the child could safely be returned to his birth parents.
But once they got off the train, then it really would be like fishing a needle out of the sea.
"I’m sure. That woman’s got a birthmark on her face, no mistake."
Liu Feng’s tone was very firm.
"Old Yang, what now?"
There were four train police officers on the train.
Old Yang was on day shift with Liu Feng, and the night shift was covered by the other two officers.
They were resting in the crew carriage, catching up on sleep.
"We move!"
"Take them by surprise, move before they realize what’s happening. I’ll go wake up Old Zhang and the other two."
"Change into plain clothes, and you organize ticket checks over here to cooperate with us."
"No problem."
"I’ll go notify the front of the train to slow down for now; we’re about ten minutes out from Baiyang Station."
"Once we’ve got them, we can hand them over right at the Poplar Station police station."
"Okay! Let’s do it!"
Ten minutes later.
"Come on, come on, everyone wake up, we’re about to reach Baiyang Station. Get your tickets out, ticket check, ticket check."
Chen Jiang stood at the door of Car 8, shouting loudly twice.
"Why are they checking tickets again? Didn’t they already check when we got on?"
"Quit whining, just show the ticket. Buy me a drumstick later..."
"Come on, take out your tickets or ID cards."
"If you don’t have a ticket, hurry up and make it up..."
"You’re getting off at Aries Station? It’s coming up, pack your stuff, don’t leave anything behind."
"Clean up your trash, the whole table’s a mess..."
Car 8 was a hard-seat carriage, and some people in it had standing tickets.
Chen Jiang checked one by one: "We’ll be at the station in under ten minutes. Passengers getting off, gather your belongings and get ready."
"Don’t take the wrong luggage..."
Soon, Chen Jiang reached seat 19.
"Alright, your ID card."
Chen Jiang nudged the man in seat 19—this was Zhang Haifeng.
The man seemed to be sleeping, and groggily took out his ID card: "When do we get to Zhangshui?"
"Train’s on schedule, 8:20 p.m."
As he spoke, Chen Jiang had already taken Zhang Haifeng’s ID card, checked it, and handed it back: "Here."
The woman next to him didn’t speak, but she handed over a ticket.
Chen Jiang glanced at it: "Your kid’s pretty well-behaved, doesn’t cry or fuss."
The woman curled her lips: "He played crazy this morning, now he’s out."
Chen Jiang nodded and nudged Zhang Xiao next to him, the train cop in plain clothes.
"Step inside a bit, let me through."
"Sure."
Zhang Xiao moved along in front of the woman and squeezed in beside the small table.
With a sudden grab, he scooped the child into his arms.
The woman was startled and just about to cry out.
Behind them, Yang Baohua clamped the man’s throat in an instant.
"Liu!"
Liu Feng reacted fast, driving a knee into the man’s chest.
Click.
The handcuffs snapped onto the man.
The fourth train cop rushed up and pinned down the woman as well.
"Police! Nobody move!"
The passengers around them were all stunned, and Chen Jiang immediately shouted: "Everyone stay in your seats, don’t move!"
"The arrest went off without a hitch."
"You guys, stand up!"
Zhang Xiao quickly laid the child flat on the seat to check his condition.
"What did you give him?"
Yang Baohua roared: "Speak!"
At this point the woman knew exactly what had gone wrong: "S-sleeping pills..."
"How many!"
"F-five..."
Fuck!
Yang Baohua froze for a second—five sleeping pills for a child.
"You really had the nerve to do that!"
"Call down to the ground right now, get an ambulance to the platform!"
"Engine, engine, get into the station now!"
"Hurry up and get into the station!"
"Send a message to Aries Station, a kid’s been given five sleeping pills, tell them to dispatch an ambulance immediately!"
"Move!"
With Zhang Haitao and the woman in custody, Yang Baohua had no time to interrogate.
Traffickers—what’s there to ask? Right now the kid was what mattered most.
Aries Station.
"We’re handing them over to you. Haizhou City High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team are the ones on the case, here’s their number."
"I also reported the situation to them from the train just now."
The station chief of the Aries Station police station was there to receive them.
"Don’t worry, they’ve basically assessed the child’s condition; it’s not too serious."
"We’ll take care of the two traffickers. You all had a hard run this trip."
"Haha, alright, then we’ll be off."
Yang Baohua took the handover form and boarded Train K323 with the other three.