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Ryan Mackenzie’s research into the ownership of the property being used as a suspected brothel had uncovered the owner as one Mr Ranjit Singh. His registered address was only around fifteen miles away, so she and Wendy took a trip out to see him. With Wendy officially on reduced duties, it would be a good way to get her out of the office for a bit and back into face-to-face business.
Ranjit Singh’s house was impressive in every way. That was hardly surprising, though: the man appeared to own somewhere in the region of sixty properties in the area. Wendy estimated his portfolio must be worth somewhere in the region of fifteen to twenty million pounds.
The man who answered the door appeared to be somewhere in his late eighties. He looked at Wendy and Ryan without saying anything.
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