What really piqued Han Yu's interest was a shipping company's crew calling to report that recently, some ships were sneaking to the waters near Yingchuan Port and Shuzhou Port under the cover of darkness, sidling up to similarly suspicious inland river cargo ships. They suspected they were transferring oil clandestinely.
Moreover, the ships coming from the East Sea and the ones receiving them both turned off their navigation lights, not displaying any signal lights or markings through the night, which was very suspicious.
Jia Yongqiang looked at the call log and said in a low voice, "The colleague from the Yangtze River Water Bureau just called and said that during this time, the number of suspicious ships passing by their area at midnight has also increased; they suspect it's 'oil thieves'.
Han Yu rested his chin on his hand and said, "It's been several months since the last crackdown, and those guys are getting bold again."
