330. Chapter 26 (1)
With a suspicious look on his face, Rahim looked at the person in front of him, but as if the other party didn't see him, he looked at the sea in the distance and still said to himself:
"Okay, we're just going to do a routine inspection of your temporary docked cargo ship, there's no big problem, the boxes in the back are in accordance with the regulations, we have to do a quarantine, and they will be returned soon, by the way, isn't Muscat a place where you live permanently?" Why don't you go home and see that? Staying on the boat in the wind, sun, and rain, I really don't know why you, the big boss, are working so hard. ”
After the man finished speaking, he shook his head and walked down the suspension ladder with another person who had turned back from the back deck and returned to land.
It was only then that Rahim realized that during his casual conversation with the man he had just had, the containers on the back deck that had been lifted up at the Syrian port had been unloaded onto the trailers parked below, and the trucks loaded with containers had disappeared into the darkness of the port.
From the time the boxes were inexplicably loaded onto the ship until they left, Rahim didn't know what they contained, and even though Rahim sometimes turned to the back to find out, intentionally or unintentionally, he couldn't see anything at all, and most of the time he was blocked back by some of the people who were guarding there.
Rahim looked in the direction of the trailer, slowly savoring every word of the man just now, Rahim, who had been living on the tip of the knife for a long time, realized that the other party was hinting at something, and at this moment, a uniformed security officer boarded the boat and came to Rahim's approach.
"Mr. Rahim, your cargo is fine, but because of the weather and the mechanical reasons of your ship itself, you may have to leave the port later, now the preliminary plan is to make a plan for you the afternoon after tomorrow, the specific and accurate time will be notified to you separately, you can take this opportunity to arrange your crew's spare time activities, it is very hard, don't let them complain everywhere, trouble comes from the mouth, sometimes small complaints will lead to big trouble, you have to be careful, you can also walk around after arranging, Or just go home and rest, such a big boss is running around with the boat, I really don't know what you think. ”
This statement made Rahim completely realize what he should do next, and maybe the rest of the trip will be too peaceful from now on.
But Rahim was still skeptical, what about the goods that were loaded from different ports? What about those people?
Rahim thought maybe he would have to use a little of his influence to rearrange the voyage for the next few days.
In the same way that Rahim was nervous, Eric who remained at the Turkish military base was also uneasy.
After Kent arranged the next action plan to Eric and Danny, he flew to Pakistan with Danny, and Erik, who was ordered to track down Lisa and the ship's traces, could only stay in Turkey to monitor the trajectory of the suspicious cargo ship through satellites, Eric has always had a sense of foreboding, he felt that according to Musa's previous careful operation plan, this ship would never sail on the sea so swaggering under the eyes of everyone to reach the port of Pakistan in a grand manner, There must be something strange in this.
Frank, who had stayed behind to assist Eric, also left here, and he returned to Saudi Arabia one step ahead of schedule, gathering his men to be ready to go at any time, and at the same time contacting Interpol through official channels to prepare for the next very likely interception operation and boarding inspection.
Eric's hunch was validated two days later in the evening.
"Erik, something went wrong, the cargo ship suddenly docked."
Eric, who felt that he had just fallen asleep for a short time, was suddenly awakened by a rapid knock on the door, and hurriedly got up and opened the door The first thing he heard suddenly made Eric sleepy.
Looking at Dempsey standing in front of the door, and hearing the other party's eager words, Eric wondered if his ears could have misheard.
"What do you say? What docked? Rahim's ship? ”
Seeing Dempsey's nod of confirmation, Eric rushed to the intelligence center before he could get dressed.
"The ship has been in the cyclone since yesterday evening, the clouds were so thick that our satellites could not accurately capture the specific navigation information of the ship, but when the clouds gradually dispersed after midnight, we searched for the ship according to its trajectory, but it was missing, and after a series of comparisons, we determined that the ship is now docked at a pier in the port of Salalah, and it is not clear for what purpose it docked there."
Dempsey nervously rummaged through all the images that the satellite had captured during the period of time as Dempsey updated Eric on the situation.
Hearing this, Eric's head exploded at once, and he didn't care about being polite to Dempsey, so he directly ordered:
"You find out at once the exact location of the last thing he disappeared, calculate the approximate time when it sailed into the port and anchored there until now, find out all the suspicious images, see if you can find out the difference between the entry and exit of the goods before and after the front and rear loads, and the status of the personnel activities, and notify me immediately after finding out, Stephen, we will rush to that port immediately."
After Eric finished instructing, he patted Dempsey on the shoulder: "Brother, please, let me know as soon as there is news." ”
Dempsey nodded solemnly, knowing that the stakes were high.
Eric and Stephen were rushing to the base's makeshift airfield when they dialed Frank, who had left the Turkish military base before they did.
"Frank, are you all organized? We're about to get started. ”
For Frank, who is not his subordinate, Eric speaks in a tone that does not seem stiff.
"I'm all ready here, the corresponding departments have been contacted, and some of the documents and official letters we need are also ready, what? We've found Faisal so soon? Where are we going? ”
"Not so fast, something unexpected happened, the arms dealer's ship got off the pre-determined course and sailed into the port of Salalah last night, it's not clear what they did after they entered the port, but they will definitely do something, now I need you to use your influence here, send someone to the dock in advance to control the ship and the people on it, and you must not let him move until we arrive, and besides, you must try to contact our local people, Is there a problem with strictly monitoring the airport closest to that port and trying to get information about all the flights departing during this period, especially the flights to Iraq and Pakistan? ”
Eric almost ran into the plane as he conveyed the command.
"No problem, I'll immediately arrange for someone there to notify the local relevant departments to control them first, and I'll arrange someone to monitor them at the airport, and notify you as soon as there is news, and I'll rush to the port immediately, and we'll wait for you after getting there, I'll leave a person and a helicopter at the airport over there, and you can rush to the port directly after picking you up, do you think that's okay?"
Frank's arrangement can be described as meticulous, which makes Eric feel a touch of warmth.
"Thanks, Frank, thank you for arranging, try not to get into a conflict with them when you get to the port, and I'll get there as soon as possible."
By the time he put down the phone, Eric's small business plane was already in the air.
From the plane, Eric got an update on Dempsey's situation.
"Eric, according to our estimation of the trajectory of this ship, it is preliminarily determined that this ship should have arrived at the port two or three hours before midnight, and the weather improved after midnight, and the image we caught again was no different from the image of the ship before, but what happened in the few hours that it disappeared under the clouds, we don't know, we can only rely on you to go up and check it yourself, I hope they just temporarily entered the port to avoid the wind and dock because of the wind and waves."
Dempsey himself said that he had no confidence in the Jedi, you know, in the few hours that he disappeared, he could do many, many things.
Eric was also a little discouraged, he knew too well the mystery of these few hours, from planning Faisal's escape to arranging for Lisa and his party to board the ship and transfer, everything was very cleverly arranged, Eric would never believe that the ship was a purposeless regular sheltered dock, there must be a lot of information in this.
It was almost noon when we arrived at the port, and there was no tension as expected, a local police car was parked near the pier, and the people in the car were bored listening to music to pass the time.
Frank and a few of his men stood in the shadows of the ship, discussing something in a low voice, while the crew leaned against the edge of the ship above and looked at the men below, laughing and whispering as if what was happening before them had nothing to do with them.
Seeing Eric and his assistant Stephen running towards him, Frank took a few steps to meet him.
"Eric, after receiving your order, I contacted our local relations, before I arrived, they came here to control the ship, I went up to find the captain after I arrived and asked about it, he told me that one is because of the weather to enter the harbor to avoid the wind, and the other is that there is something wrong with the power system of his ship, and it needs to be repaired in the port, this is obviously fucking nonsense, but we don't have any handle to catch them, everything is better for you to talk about after you see the situation."
"Thank you, Frank, you've done your best, we'll go up and have a look in a moment, and in addition, you call someone to check their surveillance here, I see that the warehouse and some lighthouses on the side of the yard over there are surveillance cameras, you can see if you can find clues there, I think they should also act in a hurry, and they won't remove all traces."
Having listened to Frank's general introduction, this is also the result that Eric can expect, but he still does not give up.