The provincial tactical team reached the abandoned warehouse compound forty-eight minutes later.
Tang Yichen received access to the operation's external updates through Mayor Yen, but even he could not view the officers' live body-camera footage while the raid was in progress.
Everyone in the conference room could only wait.
The warehouse stood beside a closed chemical factory in the southern industrial district. Most businesses in the area had relocated years ago, leaving behind rusted gates, broken windows, and long stretches of abandoned road.
According to the property records Tang found, the warehouse belonged to a transport company that had stopped operating five years earlier.
The company's final majority shareholder was the brother-in-law of Deputy Mayor Feng.
"It is too obvious," Tang said as he studied the ownership record.
Li Pei looked over his shoulder.
"You found the van entering the property. Why would they use a warehouse connected to themselves?"
