Han Yu slept very late, but he woke up very early. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Last night, he went with Secretary Lu to the Provincial Committee's working group's residence to report on work, accompanied the leaders of the working group for dinner, and then rushed to the Military District's guest house to chat with his long-lost brother-in-law and a few "engineer officers" from the Linghai Reserve Camp until nearly midnight before driving home to rest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the office this morning, he received the good news of the success of the first round of the third phase of the water-based crackdown!

Director Wang and Political Commissioner Ma from the Water Police Station both came.

Zhao Hongxing participated in the operation at night. Although he hadn't slept, he was full of energy, requisitioned an office as the Special Task Force Command Center, and drew an organizational structure chart of the criminal gang on the blackboard, reporting the case details with enthusiasm.

"This is a criminal gang engaged in theft, purchasing, transportation, and selling stolen goods in a single chain, utilizing tricks like secretly siphoning oil on the way of transporting edible oil and preemptively closing valves during unloading to take possession of some of the edible oil for themselves!"

"The main culprit, Yin Shuigen, 55 years old, from Hanwu City in Beihu Province, has been sailing in our Binjiang for many years. He owns a 1,000-ton oil ship and a 500-ton oil ship. At 12:11 last night, he and his nephew, Yin Guozhu, sailed the oil ship to Changxing Pier to unload the edible oil that they embezzled..."

Originally, they were assisting "Salted Fish" in cracking down on waterborne smuggling, only to uncover a case of embezzlement.

Zhao Hongxing did not expect to be so lucky and excitedly said: "Just when his two ships finished unloading the oil and Xiao Yu was about to catch them red-handed, Yang Yong found that the oil tanker hadn't left, so he continued to stake out. Unexpectedly, four more oil ships arrived at the pier one after another, and after unloading, they sailed to wait outside the Bin Qi River Lock for passage."

I, Old Jia, and Yang Yong studied the situation and waited until four-thirty in the morning to organize the apprehension and interrogation on-site. According to confessed suspects like Yin Shuigen who were arrested, they started conspiring with several oil transportation ship crew members in late November 1996 to profit by stealing and selling carried crude sunflower oil, crude soybean oil, salad oil, and other edible oils, with the case involving over 1 million yuan!"

Xiao Yu's teacher, Deputy Director Liu of the Changhang Bureau, also came.

Director Liu curiously asked: "Director Zhao, didn't you just mention that there's loss in oil transportation?"

"I did mention earlier that their transportation contracts do have loss clauses, and the so-called losses were within the contractually agreed range. Until half an hour ago, they were still arguing with righteous indignation, claiming they didn't steal oil or sell it illegally."

Zhao Hongxing smiled and continued: "I made a call to the legal department and they said what seems like losses is actually intentionally held back and sold, which qualifies as theft."

It's one hundred percent theft!

The loss clause in the contract specifies a two-thousandths loss, but the actual loss wasn't that much, and the so-called loss was what they were secretly holding back.

Han Yu agreed with the classification without any issue and asked with a smile: "Director Zhao, who did they sell the withheld oil to?"

"This is the second main offender I am reporting to the leaders, or more precisely, the main offender of the stolen goods purchasing gang. He is being detained downstairs and is under interrogation. His surname is Wang, named Wang Youhua, forty-three years old, from Binjiang."

Zhao Hongxing raised the driving license of the main offender of the stolen goods purchasing gang and spoke as if enumerating a family treasure: "He was once an employee of Binjiang Fenghua Edible Oil Co., Ltd.'s sales department. Due to work relations, he had close interactions with transport oil ship crew members serving several of our Binjiang grain and oil companies.

In early November 1996, he discovered oil transportation losses were quite large. When he went to question Yin Shuigen, Yin Shuigen stuffed him with two thousand yuan. From that point on, they colluded, one embezzling and the other receiving and selling the stolen goods. He frequently hired oil tankers to transport the oil to places like Tai Dong, Zhangjia Port, and Yangzhou, selling it below market price to local grain and oil stores.

Their modus operandi was sophisticated, with trades mostly conducted at night. They would calculate the maximum loss for each ship's oil during loading, and when unloading, they would close the valves early. Once the amount of withheld oil reached a certain quantity, they would contact Wang Youhua to sell the stolen goods."

The act of embezzling diesel isn't uncommon.

How to supervise the crew to ensure that the fuel isn't stolen has almost become the most troublesome issue for each shipping company. As a result, you often see articles about preventing employee oil theft on shipping industry journals.

Han Yu didn't expect ship crew to embezzle the edible oil they transported, and even Zhang Erxiao was a victim, subconsciously asked: "Director Zhao, have all the suspects been apprehended?"

"No."

Zhao Hongxing put down Wang Youhua's ID card and continued: "Yin Shuigen not only committed embezzlement himself but also organized other oil transport ships to do so, while acting as a middleman linking with Wang Youhua for selling stolen goods. According to his confession an hour ago, almost every crew member who has been transporting edible oil for our several grain and oil companies in Binjiang for a long time was involved to some degree.

From the current information, there are as many as 26 ships suspected of withholding transported edible oil, and as many as 58 crew members involved in embezzlement. Just relying on the confessions of Yin Shuigen and Wang Youhua is not enough to bring other involved personnel to justice, meaning that not only will we need to organize forces for arresting them, but also for investigating and gathering evidence."

This is a truly major case!

Director Liu turned to look at Wang Wenhong, thought for a moment, then turned back to Han Yu with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, although the clues were discovered by Yang Yong, and the night apprehensions were mainly conducted by our colleagues from the Water Police Station and Water Anti-Smuggling Department, the water-based crackdown operation is a joint effort of our three entities. I'm not stealing credit, but I believe that since this is a joint operation, it should have a beginning and an end. This case should be jointly investigated."