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“Yes,” says the police chief, “as I understand, there are several so-called

pickpocket gangs in town. I mean, those gangs are mostly associated with small-
scale crime; they wouldn’t go out and do something that leaves the city quiet.

They’ll have nothing to rob. "

"Agree." says the other officer, who’s been quiet so far. He has a silly look on his
face, as if he already knows that his comment is inappropriate in relation to the

seriousness of the situation.

“That is also the reasoning we had in the first place. It was a mere coincidence
that the young Pakistani started talking to us. We think it's about the rivalry

between the gangs; we have seen several times that different groups either try to
snitch on the other gangs, or doing it by casually pretending to have said too

much.

"Hmm." The police chief looks at him, smoking his the pipe; he made it while the
officer was speaking. "Yes, yes, go on." He says.

“We chose to take a trip to Carlton Hill in the socially-stressed area, where we

have previously caught thieves and troublemakers. There we encountered the
Pakistani gang again, where he was standing with some others, obviously gang

related. We could immediately recognize several of the boys as “acquaintances”
of the police. ”

"Okay, and how does that relate to the accident yesterday?" The chief of police

is noticeably losing his patience. "I need facts, not a whole lot just floating in the
air."

"Let me explain, I’ll try to make it short." The officer continues unabated.

"Well, look, we asked if they had experienced any suspicions activity yesterday.
We had a clear feeling that they had nothing to do with it, as they had been

following us around the area. They wanted it to look accidental, but we could

sense that they wanted to talk to us, and rightly so. They told us that there is
currently a "fight" between the two gangs and that they will not interfere in this

case. They told us, that the other ones, those from the east gang, have gotten

worse, and that they have heard rumours from friends, that they were planning
to do something big."

"Hmm," says the chief, now looking to the mayor, who is shaking his head.
“Have you obtained a report, and do you have any idea who might be in the so-