Chapter 594 - 393: The Truth Behind the Stamps!
Chapter 594: Chapter 393: The Truth Behind the Stamps!
If it’s about human traffickers, kidnapping people... if you don’t exceed three people, there’s a high chance you’ll get a light sentence, maybe not even ten years.
But when it comes to drugs...
Fifty grams.
If you resist and don’t cooperate with law enforcement, selling fifty grams is already hitting the ’execution line’ in criminal law!
Fifty grams is enough to blow a peanut-sized hole in your head!
"This... this... no way..."
Yang Ruoxi felt disoriented.
But she reacted quickly, her expression turned serious in no time, she looked around to make sure there were no outsiders nearby.
Immediately, she closed the door.
"Bang!"
Yang Ruoxi leaned against the door, sideways looking at Xu Liang, puzzled as to how a regular car accident suddenly led to suspicions about drugs!
Su Yu was also puzzled.
"Can this... be placed under the tongue?"
Although she didn’t know what Xu Liang experienced outside, the gist of the incident was easily inferred from their conversation.
"Isn’t it usually injected or snorted?" Su Yu said.
"No, indeed, but that’s just the conventional stereotype, but..."
Saying that, Xu Liang paused for a bit.
"No one ever said there’s no other way of intake besides injection and snorting!"
As for the carrier stamps...
"Do you know about something called... ’LSD’!?" Xu Liang suddenly spoke.
LSD?
Its full name is ’Lysergic Acid Diethylamide’, classified as a Class I psychotropic substance under Eastern Country’s control!
Any illegal production, sale, transportation, possession, usage constitutes a criminal offense!
Regarding medical use... after all, substances like morphine can be medically prescribed yet still classified as drugs, would it be illegal if used medically?
Actually, LSD doesn’t fall under the above issue because....
"This stuff has zero medical use, it’s an entirely synthetic hallucinogen, purely a drug!"
Xu Liang’s face showed unprecedented seriousness.
The ward was quiet, so quiet that they could hear each other’s heartbeats.
Xu Liang’s voice resonated in their ears.
"Unlike conventional drugs, LSD usually doesn’t appear in ’powder’ form."
"It can be a sticker, blotting paper, gelatin sheets, sugar cubes; appear right before you as anything!"
"This stuff is pervasive, totally unlike conventional drugs!!!"
Xu Liang started speaking slowly, his breathing progressively heavier, his voice increasingly grim, his expression super solemn, pondering a solution even as he spoke.
What sets LSD apart from conventional drugs?
Here’s the thing.
Ice, most people know of it.
It only requires inhaling one hundred thousand micrograms for someone to potentially die instantly!
And LSD? Just ten thousand micrograms!
It only takes ten thousand micrograms, one-tenth of ice, to possibly cause death!
If you’re unfamiliar with micrograms as a unit, without a concept:
Here’s the explanation.
gram = 1000 milligrams.
milligram = 1000 micrograms!
LSD only requires 10 milligrams to potentially kill an adult!
Keep in mind, a normal egg weighs a good fifty grams!
"The hardest part about this stuff is its carriers and methods of consumption!"
"Users generally experience pleasure with just 20—50 micrograms."
"1 gram of LSD... if using stamps as carriers, theoretically..."
As Xu Liang spoke, he spat out an eerie number.
"Theoretically, it could produce 20,000—50,000 stamps!"
gram could make up to 50,000 stamps!?
At the moment those words fell.
Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu visibly expressed shock, disbelief filling their eyes.
"Are you serious!?" Yang Ruoxi said incredulously.
"Why do you think I rushed back!?"
Xu Liang retorted, no hint of joking on his face.
"This stuff doesn’t even need to be injected or snorted with nostrils..."
How do you consume LSD?
Like Sun Long, under the tongue?
No, no, no...
This stuff counts as intake as soon as it’s held in your hand!
Yes, mere skin contact allows LSD to invade your body!
Even future narcotics officers handling LSD strictly feel dizzy... the effects of drugs become apparent, prompting immediate police response and personnel change.
"Stamps are one of the carriers."
"Sun Long’s death clearly fits the scenario of accidental death in the sewers during a hallucination caused by consumption!"
Xu Liang’s face looked somewhat unpleasant.
"No wonder... no wonder Sun Hu and Sun Biao had the money to seek the victim’s forgiveness, yet still wanted to steal the stamps...."
"No wonder the stolen stamps were of poor quality, easily absorbing water while lacking waterproof characteristics...."
"No wonder they didn’t want expensive stamps...."
Because they only needed a carrier, and naturally, the cheaper the carrier, the better!
And why resort to theft rather than purchase...
As previously mentioned, 1 gram of LSD can produce tens of thousands of sheets, so they naturally needed a large number of carriers.
It was 2005, collecting them outside was difficult, gathering a bunch of stamps suitable to be ’carriers.’
So, they had to steal!
Stamps are different from money, essentially having only two printing locations.
One, the northernmost city.
Two, Upper City!
Thus, Sun Hu and Sun Biao started their thefts in Upper City, and on October 9th, they encountered Xu Liang, Su Yu, and Yang Ruoxi...
"Are you sure?" Yang Ruoxi snapped out of it and asked anxiously.
"If we are... then we’d better inform the narcotics officers!"
"We can’t be sure yet."
Xu Liang shook his head.
Even if they saw LSD, it’s estimated the officers would be bewildered.
Why?
Because in those days, this stuff wasn’t common; to the authorities, LSD ’stamps’ were something new, totally clueless on how to proceed!
The most critical issue is...
"Sun Hu and his gang stole... far too much."
A sliver of unease rose within Xu Liang’s heart, and he found himself restless.
Stealing a lot means making a lot.
Making a lot means affecting many people!
But here’s the problem....
Where would they sell these ’stamps’?
"That lawyer, assessing his fast support, probably isn’t clean either, likely birds of a feather."
"Breakthrough... breakthrough..."
Xu Liang kept pushing his mind, falling into turmoil.
It all started with that phone call.
He realized right away there was something off with the lawyer, for legal aid couldn’t be delivered so swiftly!
Moreover... the other side’s speech was laced with probing.
He had surmised then that they were probing if he suspected the stamps.
Looking back now... it indeed was so!
"If he could conceive such probing, it proves Feng Xiang is a cautious person. The other side wouldn’t simply do nothing because of a few words of mine."
"Then, what would they do? What would be disadvantageous to them?"
Xu Liang mumbled to himself.
After a long pause....
Something suddenly popped into his mind, causing his pupils to contract slightly, and he immediately spoke:
"Sun Long!"
The breakthrough is... Sun Long!
"The police found ’stamps’ beside the corpse, but they were already corroded, uninterpretable. However... Sun Long’s sudden death was definitely not in Feng Xiang’s plans!"
"Since he died so unexpectedly, it means there are many flaws left behind!"
Xu Liang immediately knew what he needed to do.
Sun Long’s death didn’t reveal the matter of the stamps. At the time, they never expected a second theft, during which Sun Hu and Sun Biao would crash, bringing the stamps back into the spotlight.
So, Sun Long’s flaws... Feng Xiang might not have cleaned them up thoroughly!
If he were Feng Xiang, then...
"The first thing after the call would be to handle the clues Sun Long left behind!"
At this moment, Xu Liang was suddenly enlightened as if awakened by a splash of cold water.
He sharply turned to look at Yang Ruoxi.
"Do you know where Sun Long lived!?"
Yang Ruoxi was still dazed but instinctively replied, "I do, he lived with Sun Hu, and currently there’s no one in their home..."
"Feng Xiang is going there to clean things up!"
Without any hesitation, Xu Liang immediately started turning the wheelchair he was seated in.
"Quick, we need to verify my thought process before he succeeds!"
As for legality....
Xu Liang paused, then said: "Call Chao!"
"Ah... okay, okay!"
Yang Ruoxi snapped back to her senses, nodded quickly in agreement, and naturally started pushing him out.
Watching the buildings pass by beside him.
Xu Liang’s mood remained anxious, breathing heavily, and his heart was pounding.
Feng Xiang is surely rushing over to Sun Long’s place too!
He...
Needs to hurry!