Chapter 727 Discovering the target
As Jack expected, this was indeed a minor traffic violation, so although the police officer named Tony Sanchez carefully followed standard procedures, he was not very vigilant.
The driver in the car was also a Latino, and he didn't look out of the ordinary. He just complained a few words in slightly accented English, then turned sideways and opened the armrest box between the driver and passenger seats.
However, the accident happened at this moment. Officer Tony Sanchez subconsciously took half a step back and shined his flashlight on the face of the passenger in the back seat. At that moment, he seemed to recognize the passenger's identity and immediately issued a warning.
"Hands up! Now!"
However, before he could make his next move, the driver raised his hand and shot him.
"Damn it, go back! Go back! That's, that's... I read that right!" Jubal turned back to look at everyone.
Jack looked confused, and Hannah and Aubrey beside him had similar expressions, but many people in the combat center had already stood up excitedly.
"Anthony Vargas, leader of the Durango drug cartel, is number 32 on the FBI's most wanted list and is the prime suspect in the murder of an FBI agent seven years ago."
No instructions were needed from Jubal. Photos, wanted posters, and photos of the federal agent who was killed at the time, Kyle Miller, were all displayed on the big screen one after another.
"Notify Ms. Moge immediately." Jubal walked to an analyst and whispered, then turned his hand to face everyone and pointed at the big screen with one hand.
"Everyone, especially those new employees or those who don't pay much attention to the news." As he spoke, his eyes swept over the blank faces of the three Jacks.
"Remember this face, Vargas is the largest cocaine trafficker in Bolivia and a cold-blooded terrorist. He likes to carry out bomb attacks. Of course, like all drug traffickers we know, he first kills before killing. Torturing the victim.”
Being despised, Jack had nothing to be ashamed of. After all, he had only been an FBI agent for more than two years, and he would not look through the FBI's wanted list of thousands of people if nothing happened.
Only those very idle guys would dig through that thing, hoping that they would be lucky enough to bump into a notorious wanted criminal and achieve great success.
Different from the so-called FBI's ten most wanted criminals that are officially announced by the public, the actual FBI wanted list is very long. Basically, everyone who commits a federal felony, especially if there is a life on hand, has a serious impact or the amount of money involved Huge suspects will make this list.
Based on the degree of danger of these people and the difficulty of being wanted, the FBI will give a specific ranking, then register it in the system, and then issue it to local police stations based on the area where the suspect is likely to appear last.
The so-called FBI's ten most wanted criminals, which are released to the public through the media and have specific reward amounts, are not necessarily the real top ten in the wanted list.
Only those who the FBI believes can help arrest suspects through national publicity and who will not become more aggressive and increase public panic after being publicized will be on the top ten list.
So it's not surprising that Officer Tony Sanchez would recognize Anthony Vargas at a glance. There was a picture of this guy on the wall of the break room next to Danny's detective office. Of course, Jack just remembered it.
"Has anyone witnessed Vargas?" Dana Moger walked into the operations center in a hurry, wearing high heels and a black evening dress. She seemed to have been called back from a dinner party by a phone call just now.
"Yes, it's the attack on the police officer that just happened. He was sitting in the back seat of the Lincoln sedan driven by the attacker." Jubal pointed to the big screen and introduced.
"I thought this bastard had been hiding in Bolivia or living in seclusion in Italy. I didn't expect that he would dare to secretly return to New York. Is there any way to find out the whereabouts of that car?" The female boss glanced at the busy technicians.
"Detective Regan has just sent back the non-real-time surveillance videos near the crime scene. Technicians are combining these videos with real-time road surveillance to find the whereabouts of the suspect vehicle. I have notified the SWAT team to be on standby and dispatch as soon as there is news. Jubal replied.
"You guys should go get ready and be ready to go at any time. If you can catch this guy, it will be the first mission of the 'Wanted Criminal Team'."
Dana Moger looked at Jack and the others, well, it turns out that Americans also pay attention to getting a good start, right? Being the 32nd most wanted criminal is a great achievement.
"OK, Hannah, Aubrey and I will go get the equipment."
Jack turned around and was about to lead the two of them away, but his footsteps were suddenly interrupted by an excited voice, "We may have discovered something here."
One technician shouted excitedly, then lowered his head and whispered to two companions. One of them projected the rear half of a car onto the big screen.
"Just five minutes after the incident, the eagle-eye camera above an ATM machine less than 5 kilometers away from the scene captured the black Lincoln sedan. We found the license plate number, 6KF-C481, in the road surveillance at the next intersection. That part of the letter provided by the witness matched."
"OK, can you track it in real time?" Jubal walked quickly to them.
"No, we subsequently lost track of the vehicle because it was a mile-long dead end road that ended at a commercial warehouse complex, and we suspected that was their destination."
Without waiting for Jubal and the female boss to urge them, Jack and the other three turned around and left. Dana Moge shouted a warning behind them, "Be safe and notify SWAT to bring the bomb disposal team. Vargas and his men once created Too many bombings.”
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When they arrived at the scene, everyone was shocked to realize that the commercial warehouse group mentioned by the technician covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters and is composed of seven or eight small and medium-sized warehouses.
Fortunately, there were drones to help with the investigation. Two small drones quietly rose into the sky and quickly locked onto the target.
Under the guidance of a SWAT commander, several people climbed onto the roof of a building. The commander pointed to a dilapidated two-story warehouse building opposite the roof.
"We found the Lincoln and it was parked next to the warehouse in the middle. However, there were no signs of human activity around it. The technician was changing the infrared lens of the drone and was preparing to try to find the heat source reaction through the window."
Hannah directly put on Jack's GPVNG18 four-eye night vision device, "Don't bother, I can see the four heat sources moving inside."
Compared with thick walls, the shielding of infrared signals by glass is much worse. It is night, and the buzzing of the drone can easily disturb the other party.
"Then what are we waiting for? An arrest warrant?" SWAT could only drool with envy when looking at this high-end military product. The commander shrugged and asked.
Jack began to check the weapons, "No, prepare for action. This is an emergency. There is enough evidence to suggest that Vargas may be among them."
Jack, Hannah and Aubrey's sidearms have been replaced by Sig Sauer P320-XTen given by kind people. However, if only pistols are used in today's raid, it will appear to be a threat to Vargas's high number on the wanted list. The ranking of 32nd is somewhat disrespectful.
So the three of them now have a HK416 with a 10.4-inch short barrel. In order to match the night vision device, they are all equipped with DBAL-A2 laser designators.