only on this case. Once word hits the streets, the man will be a target, but Little K has protectors inside. He's probably safer in jail than he is on the streets at this point. K said they're bringing the GD in from Florida. Flying it in."
"We still haven't tied the import of this product to any specific neighborhood." She sighed and shook her head. There were a hundred different ways the cartel could be flying the drugs into the city.
"K said they were flying the shit into suburbia. He didn't know anything else." Rayburn tossed his paper wrapper into the trash.
Brody stood and went to the map spread flat on the far side of the long table. "It's enough. We can work a cursory surveillance." He pointed to the house she'd told Anderson about earlier. "This is the best observation point available. We'd need a minimum of two cameras at each point, long range and wide angle, covering the closer area. We could install them outside. About every house had some type of alarm system."
"I've been thinking about it. The neighborhood seemed pretty friendly."
"You mean nosey." He chuckled.
"Yeah, they are going to know if we are doing a rotating surveillance. The team will probably have to have someone move in, and since you're the pilot..."
"I guess I'll be sleeping on an air mattress for a couple weeks if the captain and the lieutenant determine this is a workable situation. It comes down to money right now."
"We have two fingers pointing this direction. Masters, and now Little K. Is the bullseye directly on this location? No, but we have Masters' movement in the area; and the purchase of a house for a client he wouldn't disclose. Add to that, Little K's indication it is coming in via suburbia, and Bonzo's assertion it is coming in by air, and we have enough. We need to find which houses have been purchased in the area lately and make sure we have good observation on those houses. This house might not be the best place to set up if the one his client purchased is further inside the neighborhood."
"I can get the information." Rayburn rubbed his hands together and stood up.
"Good. We'll need the statements from Little K, and make sure you write up your conversation with Bonzo. Keep him covered as a confidential informant. We don't need him disappearing on us."
"Halfway done with the report already. We presenting this to the captain?"
"We are. Rayburn, when you get the information, bring it to me, and we'll grab the captain."
"Done deal." Watson and Rayburn headed back toward the bull pen and the rest of the team.
"Grey Death is extremely dangerous. What kind of upper middle-class resident would risk dealing with it?"
"Someone who needed the money." He shrugged. "Or someone Peña has dirt on, perhaps."
She rolled her wrapper into a ball. "Yeah, I can see both of those scenarios. I can't work out the logistics of Peña's route though. They fly the drugs up from Florida, probably Jacksonville if my sources are right, and then what? Soccer mom drives the shit to a waiting drug dealer?"
"That's what we need to find out, and that's why we're pinpointing this area and these recently purchased houses. Nothing else has sold in that development for years. We'll set it up so we can monitor the other residences without being noticed." Brody's voice stopped her when she moved to stand up. "I need to check with the captain about this, but what if we ask some of your counterparts in Jacksonville to watch for planes we know are hangared in the neighborhood?"
"Resources and money would be the issue. I do have a few agents in the Jacksonville area who owe me a favor or two. If we could narrow down the times they'd need to be at the airports..."
Brody nodded. "This is workable. It could narrow our list of suspects. Hell, for that matter, it could give us the person bringing the stuff in."
"True. Lots of moving parts though." There was a trail, a ghost of a trail, but it was a place to start.
"All right. We move along this path. I'll need the contact information for the realtors in the area. Call them and see if any of these houses would be available for rent. If they've been on the market for a while, maybe the sellers will consider renting the houses."
"On it." She stood and headed to the door. "Oh, and thanks, for earlier. For having my