Ch 61 The Raid

Arthit, Bright and Knot were in the van parked close to the warehouse. Tay had managed to get the location where the kids would be taken to, so they were able to set up a mobile control center near there.  Far from the eyes of Uncle Philip's thugs..

The kids would be loaded into a container and shipped through sea to the states. They had been  tranquilized in the hospital on the pretext of their weekly visit.

Tay and Em were following the van with the children discretely from the orphanage. Kao had insisted on accompanying them and they had agreed.. They were dressed in black and drove a black car with the windows tinted and lights out..

Bright could see the tracker on his screen. The one from Inta glowed red, while Tay's glowed yellow.  They were making sure the thugs didn't fool them by switching vehicles or find out that Tay was following them..

Arthit was chewing on his nails. Once they were sure the van had entered the compound,they'd alert P'Lee who'd seize the container and the gang in the act, as they needed proof to put them in jail permanently..He hoped nothing went wrong as the lives of kids were at stake here. One wrong move and all the kids would be lost. Philip wouldn't hesitate to drop the container in the sea..

The dots came closer and entered the warehouse compound. Bright switched to the cctv footage of the warehouse, that he hacked into.

They could see the men unloading the kids and taking  them into the warehouse to put in a container.  Arthit saw his uncle supervising the entire process. He seemed so confident that he was not even nervous.

Knot informed P'Lee. Lee was already surrounding the building with his troops. They had to be very quiet and not alert the thugs. The back of the building opened to the waterfront where already a jetty must be waiting to take the container to the ship. They would enter the building from the front when the thugs moved out through the back to load the container aboard the jetty.

"Faster you idiots..are the kids so heavy that u have to be so slow.." Philips barked at his men..he wanted this to be over..

Jay walked in then with some papers in his hand..

"Here u are, the papers u wanted incriminating ur brother in law in this trafficking issue..There are documents with his name and forged signatures. Plus doctored photographs that are proof of his association with the international mafia. Use it wisely. " he told Philips as he showed him each one..

Arthit couldn't see wat they were discussing..This was not right..Why was Jay here? He knew that after they left jail he had not been in touch with Namtarn or Philip..wat could those papers be. He wanted to know. He opened the door of the van.  Knot caught his arm..

"Where are u going Arthit?"

"I need to see wat those papers are. I don't like the smug look on his face."

"But wat if someone sees you? The operation may get compromised. " Bright joined Knot in stopping him..

"Don't be hot headed Arthit. Think calmly before u act. " Knot tried to put some sense in him.

"It could be something against my dad Knot. I need to make sure. I won't put it past my uncle to drag my dad to jail with him.."

"Call P'Lee first. He might be able to get it or atleast give u a distraction. "

Arthit nodded and called Lee.  He told him his worries. Lee said he'd check out the inside layout and call him back.

Tay and Em had reached Lee by then, with Kao. They were observing the stake out waiting for the kids to be rescued. It was just a matter of minutes.

"Arthit thinks Philip may be plotting on framing this on his dad.." Lee said walking up to Tay and explained his conversation.

"So now we need to find out wat those documents are and if possible confiscate them during our raid." Em asked.

Lee nodded." It would be safer to get the papers out before we raid though. Philips may slip out when we focus on the kids."

"But how? There's a lot of people in there and none of us can go unnoticed in there. "Tay was worried now.

"I can slip in and out P'." Kao perked up from beside them. They had forgotten the little guy was with them.

"Are u sure Kao? We can't risk ur life though. " Lee said worried.

"I have done this plenty of times at the orphanage P' trust me. I can get it. Just show me the layout and video of the inside once. " he said confidently..

Lee took him to Bright's van and gave him the details quickly. They would accompany him to the fringes of the property and he was given a panic button to press if he got caught. In tat case they'd storm the warehouse.

So Kao went in. He was really good and quiet at hiding himself, having done this nearly every night at the orphanage. He hid behind some boxes watching Philip.  He had the envelope with the papers in his hand, which was quite risky to snatch..

Kao waited watching. He would have to put it down sometime. Exactly few mins later, someone came to call him and he left the paper on the table to go check wat the man asked for.

Kao slipped in took the papers and slipped it into the waist band of his shorts. Then sneaked back to the exit. To his dismay the front shutters had been closed as all the vans had been unloaded of the kids. The goons also had gone to the waterfront with the container.

He slipped to check for an exit from that side. He stayed hidden as Philips gave instructions to the crane handler to transfer the container to the jetty..

Kao watched as the container got transferred but the police didn't come in. The jetty is about to start and still no one..If they missed this chance the kids will be out at sea. Then he realized that the officers had no access to the back as the shutters were closed out front.

He ran back and pressed the buttons to raise the shutters. The slow screechy whine of the rotors warned the thugs. They saw him and ran out to catch him..He started zig zagging through the crates and cans in the warehouse to escape.

The shutter was raising deadly slow..he wished the others would barge in. To warn them of the danger the pressed the panic button too..

The police sirens came alive, startling the thugs. They forgot the boy and started running. Philip was hurrying the boat to start its motors that had been shut by the commotion of the boy..

The number of officers were more than the thugs and could easily capture them. The boat was still struggling to start its died out engines as another team climbed aboard and arrested the people on it.

Tay, Em, Tew and Prem were getting the kids out of the container in the jetty and into the ambulances. The officers were loading the trucks into the police wagons.

Kao was no where to be seen and so was Philip. Bright was using the tracker on the panic button. " He's still in here. Somewhere behind those boxes" he said.

As Lee turned to call a few men to look there, Philip stepped out holding the struggling boy with a knife to his neck.

"Call ur men back Lee. I want all the kids in the container too or this one here dies." He said pressing the knife closer.

Lee was almost ready to surrender and was bending to put his gun down. Arthit felt all his anger for his uncle bursting through him then.  The way he had hurt his family and Singto too was burning his need for revenge. He couldn't get away now.  In a second he pulled up the gun he had hidden in his socks, given for the mission, aimed for the man's head and pulled the trigger. It was just a split second before the others comprehended wat he had done.

Philip crumbled to the floor, the knife drawing a scratch on Kao's neck where his hands were still in a death grip.  Kao started bleeding but knot got him away into an ambulance quickly to assess the damage done.

Tew checked Philip's pulse.  He had been shot point blank and was dead..

Arthit was still in shock as he looked at the gun in his hands and at his uncle. He then let the tears fall.  Sobbing in relief letting out all the stress of the past few weeks..

The kids were safe, on the way to hospital.  The thugs all taken to jail will await trial and the police will work on getting their statements.

Kao had suffered a small cut in his neck tat needed stitches,but nothing life threatening.

On the whole the raid had been a success and the cars started pulling out of the warehouse.

Hidden from the scene Jay watched everything that had happened.  He was gritting his teeth. How many times did he have to put up with the meddling of these nosy doctors..It was time to silence them once and for all..Especially Arthit...

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