Chapter 363 Arrest
Luke contacted the judge, submitted evidence, and formally applied for a warrant for UPS courier Brando Salvatore.
The Los Angeles Police Department may not be able to arrest all members of the smuggling organization, but those who dare to commit crimes in Los Angeles must be brought to justice.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, FBI agent Alfie Imma arrived at the Robbery and Murder Division.
Luke invited her into the office and joked, "Agent Imma, you are really on time."
"Sorry to keep you waiting.
That kid is tougher than expected, we have to pay more attention. "
Luke made a gesture of invitation, motioning for the other person to sit down, "I hope waiting is worthwhile."
"Of course, after a patient and friendly exchange, Carlos agreed to cooperate with the FBI and told me what he knew.
Leader Li has any questions, you can ask me directly. "
Luke asked, "Did Natasha kill him?"
"no."
"Who the **** is he?"
"He belongs to a Mexican gang called 'Posta', which is engaged in criminal activities such as people smuggling and smuggling.
Although he is not very old, he is a key training object of the gang, and there are a group of subordinates to assist him in completing the task. "
Luke asked, "Why is he lurking next to Natasha?"
"Because of the Posta gang, no, to be precise, many gangs engaged in criminal smuggling activities hate Natasha to the bone.
Natasha's main job is a jujitsu coach, not an intelligence expert, and she may not even be a journalist.
But the biggest difference between her and a reporter is that what a reporter wants is news, and only news.
After broadcasting the smuggling news once, it is likely to pay attention to other news, and will not keep biting these smuggling gangs. "Alfie Emma paused and continued,
“But Natasha is different. When she was 12 years old, she smuggled to Los Angeles with her parents, but her parents had an accident during the smuggling process, and she was the only one who arrived in Los Angeles.
This incident hit her hard. When she was 18 years old, she began to investigate the truth of her parents' murder. With her memory and some investigation clues, she learned the truth about her parents' murder during the smuggling process. "
"How did she die, why did she survive?"
"During the smuggling, a gang member wanted to take her mother away. Her father was killed protecting his wife, and she survived by luck.
The organizers of the smuggling are all gang members. In order to obtain the maximum benefit, they will do anything.
Some young and beautiful girls will be arrested and sold for silver, those with better conditions will be extorted for money, and some will be coerced to transport drugs.
Even if all these gang members were killed, none of them would be wronged. "
Alfie Imma returned to the topic again, "Although Natasha is not a professional intelligence officer, she has been unremittingly investigating smuggling organizations for more than ten years, visiting orphanages, aid stations, and Latin communities, and investigating relevant smuggling organizations." clues and people who have been persecuted by them.
For more than ten years, she has never given up.
This is like a marathon track, there are many people who run faster than her, but they will leave the track for various reasons.
Only Natasha insisted on long-distance running on this track. Although the speed was not fast, her goal never changed.
She provided a lot of information and evidence of smuggling organizations, which is why many smuggling organizations are targeting her.
Posta organization is just one of them.
These smuggling organizations also have a competitive relationship. The reason why Carlos lurks beside Natasha is not just to monitor her.
It is also hoped to use her to provide information to the FBI to crack down on other smuggling organizations, so as to achieve the goal of monopolizing the smuggling industry. "
Luke was a little surprised, "Is the competition so fierce?"
"Crueler than imagined."
"Since the FBI has been investigating the smuggling organization, which organization do you think killed Natasha?"
"Gunzade Gang, the founder of this gang is Manu Gangzade. He was originally a wanted criminal in Mexico, but later he smuggled to the United States, where he joined a small smuggling gang, responsible for receiving and placing smugglers.
He is cruel and ruthless, and quickly gained fame and gathered a group of subordinates.
In an FBI and Border Patrol operation to crack down on illegal immigration crimes, his gang was hit hard, and he used this opportunity to form his own gang.
The newly formed Gunside Gang is more greedy than the previous smuggling gangs. It is not limited to smuggling itself. They will squeeze out every stowaway. Fraud and extortion are the most basic.
Young and beautiful girls will be trafficked, and some will be coerced into drug trafficking. It was even rumored that they also smuggled organs.
Our FBI has joined forces with border patrols to crack down on this gang many times. Gunsard himself fled back to Mexico, but he is still directing various crimes remotely. "
Luke asked, "How can you be sure that Gunsard helped kill Natasha?"
"According to our investigation, the Gunside gang has been smuggling drugs and has its own sales channels.
Their sales channels are different from ordinary drug sales channels and are more covert.
We speculate that they are likely to use express delivery to deliver drugs to buyers.
The detailed mode is still unclear, but the courier is likely to be a member of the Gangside gang, and it is easy for them to use the courier to blow up Natasha. "
After listening to Alfie Emma's words, Luke was dubious, but it answered one of his doubts, why would someone intercept the police car when they were arresting the courier.
If the courier is a gang member himself, killing people at the behest of the gang, it would make sense.
Luke asked, "Did the Gunside gang have a motive for killing?"
"Yes, Natasha has been investigating the Gangside Gang recently, and we also found a stronghold of the Gangside Gang, but something happened to Natasha before we could sweep the stronghold.
If we can act one step ahead, maybe we can avoid this tragedy..." Alfie Emma sighed.
Luke asked, "When are you going to do it?"
Elfi Imma said, "The sooner the better, otherwise, the relevant personnel are likely to flee to Mexico, and it will be difficult to arrest them once they leave the border."
"Is Brando Salvatore, the courier who delivered the bomb, at the base?"
"You have to go to find out, do you want to join?"
"Of course, but Brando Salvatore will be handed over to the Los Angeles Police Department."
Elfie Imma smiled, "Whoever catches it belongs to him."
…
In Ginobi's Bar.
It is four o'clock in the afternoon, and the area around the bar is very deserted, and it will take another two hours for the guests to arrive one after another.
In a business car, Luke was sitting in the back of the car, looking through the window towards the direction of the bar, "Are you sure this is the stronghold of the Gunside Gang?"
Elfi Imma replied, "That's right, don't underestimate this bar, it is probably a stronghold for hiding drugs.
Many UPS couriers come here for a drink after get off work, and most of these couriers are Latino. Do you think it is a coincidence? "
Luke looked at the bar. This is a relatively remote street. The bar has two floors, and the area is relatively large. "Is there a topographic map of the bar?"
Elfi Imma spread out the architectural drawing of the bar, “The bar has two floors, and there is also a basement wine cellar.
I suspect that the wine cellar is likely to be the place where the drugs are hidden. The Gangside gang transported the drugs from Mexico, and this is equivalent to a transfer station. "
Luke carefully observed the structure of the bar, and said, "The bar is full of people, how are you going to arrest people?"
Alfie Imma said, "Do it now."
"It is estimated that there are not many people in the bar at this time. The other accomplices all ran away when they heard the news. Don't you feel that the gain outweighs the loss?"
Elfie Imma said, "I have also considered this point, and now arresting is likely to miss many gang members.
If you arrest at night, the bar staff is too crowded, there are both gang members and drinking guests, which may cause accidental injury.
So, my idea is to control the bar while there are few people, and wait for the rest of the gang to fall into the trap. "
Luke said, "The idea is good, but the news is likely to leak."
Alfie Imma said, "You are right, so the arrest operation for a while should not make too much noise, but also must be quick, precise and ruthless to subdue the suspects in the bar without notifying their accomplices Opportunity."
Luke thought for a while, nodded and said, "OK, let's study the specific action plan."
…
Half an hour later.
In Ginobi's Bar.
A thirty-something Latino barman is wiping glasses.
At a round table not far away sat three Latino men, playing cards, drinking and chatting.
"Crackling..."
The door of the bar was pushed open from the outside, and two men and a woman walked in. Among them, the black man was carrying a large old-fashioned tape recorder, with two large speakers on the left and right sides.
These three people are exactly Luke, Alfie Imma and Xiao Hei.
The bartender looked at the three people and said calmly, "It's not yet business hours today, so come back later."
Xiao Hei walked to the bar and put the tape recorder on the bar, "I remember it was already open at this time."
"Sorry, it's delayed today." The bartender shrugged and made a gesture of seeing off the guests, "Don't forget to take your tape recorder."
Xiao Hei did not intend to leave, but directly turned on the recorder, and a blast of rock music rang out.
The Latino man who was playing cards stood up and shouted, "fuck, turn off that **** thing, it's too noisy."
Elfi Imma took out a pistol with a suppressor, "Shut up, I can smell your bad breath standing here."
"Damn it!" The Latino man put his hands into his clothes.
"Bang! Bang!"
Elfie Imma fired two shots in a row, directly knocking the Latino man to the ground.
At the same time, a younger Latino man turned and ran away.
Luke also took out his pistol and shot him twice in the legs, "Bang bang!"
"ah…"
The young man let out a scream, was shot in the leg, and fell to the ground.
At this time, the rock music played by the recorder played a role, covering up the discordant sound.
The moment the music started, several people rushed in from the door of the bar, including plainclothes police officers and FBI agents.
With full preparations, the police and FBI quickly took control of the scene.
Luke said to Alfie Imma, "I'm going to the wine cellar."
Elfie Imma replied, "I'm going to the second floor."
After leaving enough people to control the first floor of the bar, the two split up.
…
In the wine cellar, a white man in his twenties stood up a little anxiously, and the noisy voice from upstairs made him a little uneasy.
"Crackling..."
The door of the wine cellar opens from the outside.
The white man hurriedly pulled out a pistol and pointed to the door of the wine cellar, "Who's there?"
"It's me." The bartender's voice sounded.
The white man glanced in the direction of the door, heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that it was the bartender, and put away the pistol.
At this moment, Xiao Hei flashed out from the door, raised his pistol and said, "Los Angeles police, don't move!"
The white man didn't listen to Xiao Hei, and turned around and ran away. The wine cellar was full of shelves, and his sight was easily blocked.
"Fuck!
You can't run, the bar is surrounded. "The little black belt rushed into the wine cellar, but considering that the other party had a gun, he didn't rush over immediately, but used the wine rack as a cover to shout at the other party.
"I see you, drop your weapon and raise your hands!"
The Caucasian man was more familiar with the terrain of the wine cellar. Seeing the police crowd, he did not fight hard or respond. He ran directly to the back of the wine cellar, where there was a door that was blocked by a shelf of wine. is not used.
The white man pushed down the shelf, unlocked the rear door inside, stepped over the shelf, and escaped through the back door.
As soon as he stepped out of the wine cellar with one foot, he squinted and saw a figure beside him, and instinctively reached for the pistol at his waist with his right hand.
However, the figure was too close. Before he could pick up the pistol, he felt a sharp wind blowing in front of his eyes, and then a swift fist hit his head.
"boom!"
The white man felt as if he had been hit by a car, his body was thrown out by the huge inertia, his head went numb, and he fell limply on the ground.
(end of this chapter)