Chapter 58 Section 58 Pursuing the "Mercedes-Benz" Bulletproof Vehicle

On October 22, when interrogating Lai Shuiqiang, the interrogation team learned that when Lai Changxing fled, he entrusted his elder brother Lai Shuiqiang to keep his three private cars, one of which was a black Mercedes-Benz 600 bulletproof car.The value of this car is as high as 12 million Hong Kong dollars, and more importantly, it has extraordinary meaning and special style.At that time, Lai Changxing thought that he was only going out temporarily to avoid the limelight, and he would return to Xiamen in two to three months or at least half a year to regain his fame. On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong held a grand "return" celebration.Prior to this, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government specially purchased a black Mercedes-Benz bulletproof car in order to welcome the state leaders to Hong Kong to participate in the Sino-British regime handover ceremony.

Lai Changxing, already considered a celebrity in Hong Kong's business circle, was also invited to attend the ceremony. When the state leader stepped out of the black car and shook hands with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, there was warm applause from around.Witnessing this spectacle at the scene, Lai Changxing kept his eyes wide open and kept his eyes on the car. He was very interested in the state leader's car. "Let me find out if that car will be auctioned or not. I will try to buy it." A few days later, my confidant reported that the owner of the car was a Hong Kong consortium tycoon, and the car was a German-made "Mercedes-Benz" 600 special extended bulletproof car. The glass of the car is an inch thick, and bullets cannot penetrate it.

This car is a private car, in addition to safety, there is a deeper meaning.Lai Changxing decided to spend a lot of money to buy this profound black car.At the auction site, bidders competed for each other, and the price of the body finally climbed to 12 million Hong Kong dollars. It was Lai Changxing who "fallen".Unable to restrain his excitement, he asked someone to drive the black car from Luohu Port in Shenzhen to Xiamen directly that day.Since then, this car has become Lai Changxing's private car, and he drives it with great vigor. Of course Lai Shuiqiang knew how much Lai Changxing cherished this car.Lai Changxing left Xiamen on the front foot, and Lai Shuiqiang immediately asked someone to drive the bulletproof car back to his exclusive house in Shaocuo Village, Jinjiang.After thinking about it, it was still not safe. A few days later, he asked someone to drive the car to Cizao Town. The father of the girlfriend of the third son opened a ceramics factory in Cizao Town. The building is empty.Lai Shuiqiang thought it was safest to hide the car in the warehouse of the ceramic factory.

No one knows the secret. Lai Shuiqiang revealed the matter of the hidden car to the special case team. He really wanted to prove his sincerity in cooperating with the special case team. But the car was hidden in Jinjiang's hometown after all. During the past few days when Lai Shuiqiang was impounded, was the car moved?In order to break into Jinjiang's old lair to recover the car, many danger factors must be considered, such as the unique geographical location, the clan power of the Lai family, the complicated social relations and so on.The investigation team and the trial team held an emergency meeting, formulated a careful action plan for recovering the bulletproof vehicle and a plan report for dealing with emergencies, and reported it to the leader of the special case team.

"This car must be recovered no matter what." Lu Bin, deputy director of the Investigation Bureau of the General Administration, said decisively.He emphasized that it is precisely because of the special significance of this car that the image of our anti-smuggling police is directly related to whether the battle of recovering the car is good or bad. At 8 o'clock in the morning on October 24, a special operation team composed of anti-smuggling police and armed police soldiers set off.Lai Shuiqiang went with him, and he was the guide.At about 9:30, the action team's car arrived at the intersection of Shaocuo Village. Lai Shuiqiang said with certainty: "The car key is in the hands of my wife. Let's go to my wife at home to ask for the car key, and then go to the ceramics factory to pick up the car."

But when they arrived at Chendai Town's home, they were all in vain. Lai Shuiqiang's wife, Lin Ugui, panicked after her husband was taken to the task force. She packed up her things and moved to her mother's house a few days ago. Lai Shuiqiang rummaged through boxes and cabinets at home, but couldn't find the car keys.He called his mother-in-law's house, and they said that his wife was not there and had gone out to visit. Lai Shuiqiang told the mother-in-law's natal family on the phone to hurry to get her back, saying that the special case team and I were waiting to get the car keys.