Anti-narcotics police officer Cai Xiaodong: Every time I carry out a mission, I always rush to the front

Kunming, 7 Dec (Xinhua) -- On 4 December, Cai Xiaodong, deputy head of the law enforcement investigation team of the Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment at the Yunnan Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, fought to the death with gunmen in the course of arresting drug dealers on the front line of the border, was seriously injured, and died after ineffective rescue. In the past 13 years, Cai Xiaodong has made many meritorious contributions, participated in 358 special anti-drug operations, investigated 247 drug cases, and seized 1609.56 kilograms of various drugs.

"He used to tell us that the most dangerous thing is when you catch and chase. But every time he went on a mission, he always rushed to the front..." The comrades choked up.

In November 2021, the team received a clue that drug dealers would bring in large quantities of drugs and hide at the border. On December 4, the special case team decided to close the net after investigation.

At 13:52, the task force was already lurking in the dense forest. The rustling of leaves is getting closer and closer, and the 3 suspects carrying a green backpack enter the ambush circle from the border line, and the special case team decisively attacks and arrests. "Police, don't move!" When the suspect saw the situation, he immediately discarded the green backpack containing 31.8 kilograms of opium and frantically fled in the direction of the country, and Cai Xiaodong and his comrades-in-arms resolutely launched a pursuit.

Gunshots suddenly rang out! Cai Xiaodong shouted loudly to his comrades-in-arms, "There is a gun!" ”

"Bang bang bang..." The sound of gunfire resounded throughout the valley, and although Cai Xiaodong was wearing body armor, the drug dealer's bullets hit the shoulders, legs and other parts that were not protected by body armor. After he endured severe pain and still chased out more than 10 meters, he finally fell to the ground due to physical weakness. In the face of the comrades who rushed to the rescue, he still asked everyone to arrest people quickly...

Blood kept seeping out from between Cai Xiaodong's fingers covering the wound. On the way to send him down the mountain by his comrades-in-arms, his consciousness became more and more blurred, his face was pale, his body was paralyzed, and he said that he was "cold"... Ambulances roared in, and paramedics rushed to the rescue, but he never woke up again.

In the more than ten years of anti-narcotics work, Cai Xiaodong has solved many major cases and encountered many dangers. In July 2017, Cai Xiaodong received a clue that someone was in contact with an overseas drug dealer to conduct a drug transaction, involving an amount of 10 million yuan. On the night of September 29, 2017, after careful research and in-depth investigation, Cai Xiaodong and investigators locked the suspect and target vehicles and formulated an action plan. In the early morning of the next day, the target vehicle slowly appeared, but when entering the scene of the investigation, it suddenly increased the throttle and forced the card. Comrades drove the other side to a halt, but the target vehicle tried to accelerate backwards and escape. At this time, Cai Xiaodong resolutely rushed forward to smash the car window, pull the car door, and pointed a gun directly at the suspect. When counting the drugs, Cai Xiaodong found that his right arm was cut by the window glass of the car, and the blood was directed. After an extended investigation, the case was successfully arrested 2 criminal suspects and 169.7 kg of methamphetamine was seized.

Cai Xiaodong once said in his report on his work and honesty: In the frontline of investigation, ambush, arrest, and case handling, we must set an example everywhere and not shrink back. Cai Xiaodong's father is also a veteran policeman who is fighting in the front line of anti-drug and criminal investigation. When he was a child, he saw that his classmates were accompanied by his parents and complained to his father. When he grew up, he also became an "invisible person" in the eyes of his son like his father. Someone once asked his son, "What does your dad do?" The young child blurted out: "Overtime! ”

On December 4, on the day cai Xiaodong left the mission, his wife had been feeling unsteady. Unable to sleep, she also sent a circle of friends at one o'clock in the morning, the content is 3 photos of Cai Xiaodong before taking his son to play, the text is "cherish the person who is very busy but free for you, cherish the person who is very poor but has given everything for you." Unexpectedly, after only ten hours, she lost him forever.

In the funeral home, Cai Xiaodong's wife was lying on the coffin, desperately trying to get closer to him, and his son, who was less than three years old, kept shouting "Daddy hug", but Cai Xiaodong's old father said: "Son, you are a good policeman cultivated by the party, you are worthy of the party, worthy of the people!" ”

Source: Xinhua News Agency