The purpose of doing business is to make money, and the same goes for cross-border transactions.

Business people are afraid of fines, especially this kind of false reporting, which is equivalent to fraud to a certain extent and will lead to aggravated penalties.

This heavy-duty truck with the tail number "c226" is located in Kaizhou, Jiangdong Province. Computer data shows that in the past two years, this truck has traveled between Kaizhou and Myanmar and has cleared customs four times.

The cargo owner and driver have not changed, they are still the original registration information.

In short, this is not their first time doing foreign trade.

When doing business, pay attention to the word "reputation".

Take elephant wood carvings as an example. Mahogany is very different from ordinary materials, but as long as it is faked through technical means, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the authenticity from the appearance.

In recent years, wood carving workshops in Southeast Asia have also produced fake products. After all, mahogany raw materials are expensive, and exquisite wood carving products are even more valuable. If you want to make fake products lifelike, in addition to working hard on the appearance, you also have to work hard and ponder the inside.

Some so-called mahogany handicrafts have actually been hollowed out inside and filled with metal. In this way, the weight is exactly the same as real mahogany products. With the special splicing method, even connoisseurs can hardly tell the authenticity.

The amount of goods that go in and out of the border inspection station every day is huge, and it is impossible for Hu Pingtao to pay attention to every product. But he is good at understanding people's hearts and seeing the inner things through the surface.

There was a problem with the "c226" truck when it was weighed. The main reason was that the weight of the goods did not match the weight on the corresponding form. Hu Pingtao saw the wood carvings randomly inspected and concluded at that time that they were fake goods pretending to be made of redwood.

He vaguely felt that the matter might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface - a businessman engaged in foreign trade, and had been on this line four times, and had accumulated corresponding contacts and resources, why did he choose to do this here?

Sometimes I took a different approach and started playing with fakes?

Doesn't he plan to continue eating this bowl of rice in the future?

Or are you planning to find another way to make a living?

Hu Pingtao plans to give it a try.

"A fine of 50,000 yuan" was just a casual comment he made. The actual amount of the fine was not that much at all, and it was impossible to "additionally fine 15,000 yuan" as he said.

Sixty-five thousand is not a small number, especially for a foreign trade business of this scale. A fine of this level is definitely very painful.

Hu Pingtao casually asked the cargo owner to pay the fine, but the other party didn't even ask and went directly.

When he stopped him and said the number "sixty-five thousand", the owner didn't hesitate at all and turned around and left.

This is not normal!

No matter how much money you have, this is not the way to go!

There is only one possibility - the cargo owner is eager to complete the inspection procedures and clear customs as soon as possible.

Why?

Unless there is something wrong with the cargo being carried on the truck.

It is by no means as simple as passing off an ordinary wood carving as a mahogany elephant.

Faced with a huge fine of up to 65,000 yuan, he did not even frown, indicating that the profit of this business far exceeded this figure.

Double! Double! Even more likely to double!

smuggling?

In a poor place like Myanmar, what contraband can satisfy such a huge profit gap?

What's more, the carrying space in the car is limited and cannot hold too many things.

There is a high probability that it is a drug!

Looking at the cargo owner and driver who were being escorted toward the interrogation room by armed police officers, Hu Pingtao turned around and walked quickly to the truck, bent down and picked up an elephant target, and at the same time ordered others: "Check carefully, pay special attention to the wood carving itself.

wooden texture.”

Forging, filling, hollowing... all of these inevitably involve object repair. The external texture is very important and can be very confusing.

Hu Pingtao first put the elephant wood carving on a scale, weighed it with a special weight, and calculated the difference with the material through the density table. With detailed data, he became more and more sure of his judgment.

Then, slowly wipe the surface of the wood carving with a wet rag soaked in hot water.

There must be something wrong with this elephant wood carving! But directly smashing the wood carving open is the most brutal and inappropriate way to do it.

The elephant wood carving should be empty. However, after careful inspection, nothing was found on the belly of the wood carving. The surface of this handicraft is smooth and there are no traces of splicing.

Hu Pingtao wiped it with a rag very patiently, not missing any bumps.

Glue must be used for splicing and splicing. Based on the habits of Burmese people, wood glue and isinglass are mostly used.

Along the edge of the elephant's ear, Hu Pingtao searched carefully.

Further down, there is the elephant's trunk.

He finally discovered that there was a thin black line that was difficult to detect just under the proboscis of the wooden elephant, where it connected to the ears.

The sharp tip of the knife was pierced along the black line little by little, and the complete wood carving began to loosen. The hot water rag was repeatedly soaked, and the elephant's trunk was finally loosened. Pull it out with force, and the cavity is suddenly exposed, filled with pieces.

Small plastic bag filled with white powder.

Hu Pingtao smiled with satisfaction.

He casually handed the wood carving to Li Tong who was standing next to him: "The joint is under the elephant's trunk. Do this and check carefully... Also, the car itself cannot be spared. Check carefully, maybe there are additional

Harvest.”

Li Tong held the elephant in his hand and said with admiration: "Webmaster, you are so good! You can even see this."

Hu Pingtao smiled, his heart filled with unprecedented pleasure: "This is what we do. The police versus drug dealers are equivalent to natural enemies."

Li Tong looked up at the high truck fender: "If this car's wood carvings are like this, at least several hundred kilograms of private goods are hidden."

Hu Pingtao made a rough estimate: "It won't be less than half a ton. The cargo owner has a big appetite and took so much at one time. No wonder he didn't even blink when he heard the fine was "65,000."

Li Tong asked in confusion: "I don't understand why he doesn't use real mahogany wood carvings, but uses ordinary wood carvings to pretend to be?"

Hu Pingtao came close to Li Tong's ear and lowered his voice: "This is what a smart person does. He deliberately filled in mahogany on the customs declaration form just to let us find out the problem. Think about it, there are many fake and shoddy goods, but he

The goods do not involve food or industrial raw materials. As long as you change the order after discovering it and pay the fine according to regulations, you can pass the customs."

Li Tong immediately reacted: "The reason why you did this is that you deliberately threw it as bait?"

"Yes! Use one problem to cover up another problem." Hu Pingtao nodded: "According to normal people's logical thinking, as long as it is found out that these elephant wood carvings are not mahogany, but ordinary and shoddy materials, the subconscious will feel

This is the truth and we will not continue to dig deeper, not to mention that the owner of the cargo has already accepted the punishment... Haha, he is taking advantage of this mentality and thinks that we will not continue to investigate."

Li Tong couldn't help but take a breath: "This guy is so cunning."

Hu Pingtao raised his right hand and lightly tapped his forehead: "Everyone is competing for wits and courage. Blocking people's financial path is like killing their parents. They want to come in, but we will not let them in. So no matter what, we must show up at any time.

Eyes, keep alert at all times.”

Li Tong nodded vigorously.

For some reason, he thought of Zhang Qingbao again.

…

In the evening, the inspection results came out - there were as many as 750 kilograms of drugs hidden in the entire vehicle. Among them, 400 kilograms of heroin and 350 kilograms of ice.

The cargo owner and driver confessed to the crime.

When he was escorted out of the interrogation room, the owner was completely paralyzed.

He kept crying and begging.

"Spare me! I never dare to do it again."

"I have no choice. It's hard to run a business. I haven't made any money in these years. My family, including my parents and children, are all waiting for me to make money back. If I go to jail, the whole family will be ruined."

"I was really confused for a moment, so I believed those people's words and helped them carry the goods... Officer, please show your kindness. I really don't dare to do it anymore. I don't dare to do it anymore."

Seeing his runny nose and tears, Hu Pingtao took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it over, sighing: "If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place? It's useless for you to say these things to me, the smuggled poison 1

The quantity of goods is too large, and it will be useless no matter how much you admit your mistake. You will at least be sentenced to life imprisonment, and you may even be sentenced to death."

The owner of the cargo was stunned, his mouth was open, and he couldn't speak for a long time. He was completely frightened.

He was forcefully dragged away by two police officers.

…

More than 700 kilograms of narcotics were seized at one time, which is rare in the history of Xilou Border Inspection Station.

At dinner, the canteen chef specially added dishes to Hu Pingtao's inspection team: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, canned fried luncheon meat, and green mango salad.

As soon as he picked up his chopsticks and took two bites, Hu Pingtao received a call from the webmaster Zhang Guangbei.

"Come to my office."

Hu Pingtao was a little confused. When he swallowed, he said: "Webmaster, what's going on? I'm eating!"

"Come when I ask you to." Zhang Guangbei smiled on the phone: "Let the people in the cafeteria pack a bag for you. Hurry up, your family is here."

"Ah!" Hu Pingtao suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Who is it?"

"You'll know when you get here." Zhang Guangbei hung up the phone.

…

Carrying his lunch box, Hu Pingtao walked into the stationmaster's office anxiously and expectantly, and saw his father sitting on the sofa.

He wore a uniform, although it was a thin training uniform, but he was meticulous. He wore a military cap, buckled up and maintained a standard military sitting posture.
To be continued...