Case File: CS0623
Suspect: Starliner
Status: RESOLVED
Reporting Officer: Recruit Officer Steven Le
Date: 06-23-817
I had an encounter with a Cardamine smuggler at a California jumpgate today. I quickly pursued him and cornered him in Rochester Base. Several volunteers stood by in case he attempted an escape, however by the 1st hour most left, but fortunately the suspect began responding to negotiations. His family had been captured by Liberty Rogues and were being used as leverage to force the man into crime in an attempt to buy them back. I had assured him that there was plenty of legal trading that could be done as an alternative, and he agreed to come back with me to Manhattan 2 hours after the standoff had begun. He cooperated and allowed me to destroy his cargo of 630 units of Cardamine. He is now looking into working for USI.
Case resolved without violence (his ship was completely capable of destroying my patrol Patriot) he should be kept under watch under the off-chance he goes back into smuggling.