[Commentary] Speedboats carrying smuggled frozen products flee in circles on the river, followed by police speedboats, and police helicopters hovering over the speedboats roaring ... This is the Guangzhou police in April A shocking scene in the operation to collect nets against smuggling launched on the 23rd. On April 28, the reporter learned from the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau that this operation was the first time that the Guangzhou police used a police helicopter to participate in the fight against smuggling. The police helicopter discovered and locked the smuggling speedboat in the air, and guided the customs anti-smuggling boat to arrest on the water. , Land, Sea, and Air attacked across the board, killing a smuggling frozen product gang active in the Pearl River Delta.
According to a report, in early March of this year, the Guangzhou police received reports from the masses that on the riverside of Xiancun Town in Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, some fresh pork belly and chicken feet were often found scattered, suspecting that someone was "smuggling" (smuggling).
[Same period] Huang Xiaojiang, leader of the Criminal Police Brigade, Zengcheng Branch, Guangzhou Public Security Bureau
During the investigation, when we looked at this kind of wheeled car print, we also judged it was a truck, and it should be shipped. Because the normal anti-smuggling work, our criminal police also received this function last year (to combat smuggling). We are still in the exploratory stage. After receiving the report, we will report to the anti-smuggling detachment. In this way, we think it may be smuggling.
[Commentary] After nearly a month of investigation, the task force mastered the gang ’s structure, division of labor, and operational procedures. The gang was funded by He, Chen and several other “ship owners” to buy speedboats, each of which was equipped with 2 to 3 A high-power motor worth 200,000 yuan was hired by a professional boatman to smuggle frozen products in the waters of Hong Kong or Macau just outside the Pearl River estuary.
[Same period] Huang Xiaojiang, leader of the Criminal Police Brigade, Zengcheng Branch, Guangzhou Public Security Bureau
Through some of our investigative methods, because you think, if he has someone in the car, he will naturally leave traces, and he has connected these, so through some normal measures of our case, these target people were found, and then smuggled with the customs The Bureau of Anti-Smuggling Detachment discussed the intelligence comparison together, and we took action in a unified manner.
[Commentary] After fully grasping the smuggling chain of the gang, the task force decided to close the net. At 6:00 on April 23, the Guangzhou Police and Huangpu Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau dispatched a large number of police forces, as well as 37 vehicles, 1 police helicopter, and 9 boats, which were simultaneously launched in Dongguan, Zengcheng District, Panyu District, etc. Arrest operation.
[Same period] Wang Zhong, Deputy Chief of the Police Aviation Detachment of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau
The flight arresting team used airborne glare search lights and airborne tweeters to call the criminal suspects of smuggling speedboats, and carried out location tracking to provide intelligence support, effectively deterring the criminal suspects, and ensuring the successful completion of the water capture operation. Effectively combat the arrogance of smugglers.
[Commentary] According to reports, in this operation, 19 suspects including Hemou, Chenmou and Zhangmou were arrested in one fell swoop. The police seized 7 suspected high-horsepower speedboats on the spot, searched 5 places such as frozen warehouses and enterprises involved, and seized 74 tons of frozen products involved in the case, including beef and cattle from countries and regions where animal epidemic diseases are prohibited 59 tons of internal organs, a batch of frozen products of unknown origin and related documents.
At present, the case is still under investigation.
(Reporter Wei Jiefu from Guangdong)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]