Chapter 849 - 788 Pursuit
"Duan Zhang’s older brother is called Coconut Meat; he dealt in heroin and was quite a notorious wrecker. We had our eyes on him since a year ago and about six months back, we pooled together various forces to wipe out Coconut Meat and several other wreckers, including their associated members, in one fell swoop. Coconut Meat took hostages and was killed on the spot."
Shi Zhonglong from the Narcotics Brigade gave a rough overview, leaving Jiang Yuan and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Coconut Meat is dead, Duan Zhang’s life or death is uncertain, and several of his minions have fled..." Cui Qishan summed up the situation and couldn’t help asking, "So, does this mean our case is closed?"
"Pretty much. The line with Coconut Meat is essentially dead," Shi Zhonglong said.
"What about the level above? What about Coconut Meat’s boss?" Jiang Yuan pressed.
"He doesn’t have a boss anymore."
"Is the scale that small? Coconut Meat didn’t seem like a very high-level drug dealer."
"That’s the environment nowadays. Big-time drug lords seldom cross into our territory anymore, nor do they need to. They develop small wreckers inside the country. A layer below these small wreckers is usually sufficient. The drugs are brought in by disposable mules, normally in a relay. If they complete five or six out of ten deliveries, they can make a killing."
Shi Zhonglong explained the on-the-ground narcotics situation and then said, "Those big drug lords abroad contact groups specialized in telecom fraud and debt collection to buy lists, targeting desperate people. It might be hard for the average person to imagine, but some are willing to swallow 500 grams of drugs wrapped up for a mere 20,000 or even 5,000 yuan and transport them by plane."
"These disposable mules, from abroad to our country and from the border inland, just need to follow instructions on apps like Telegram. Whatever they’re told to drop off, they drop off. Wreckers like Coconut Meat do the same but pay with Bitcoin and such, and then they receive an address to pick up the goods."