On the top floor of the Four-Country, Five-Region Joint Operations command center building, Zhou Quan and Fang Xinwu sat facing each other on the reception sofas.
Operation Thunderous Sweep had now concluded successfully, and the exchanges and cooperation between the Four Countries and Five Places were also drawing to a close.
The remaining work mainly concerned the handling of the arrested drug traffickers and all the evidence seized.
These matters no longer required Zhou Quan's personal attention.
More precisely, Zhou Quan did not have sufficient authority in this area.
The seized drug money was being handled entirely according to the plan Zhou Quan had drawn up earlier.
Whichever side carried out an operation would keep what it seized during that operation.
As for the large quantities of gold and US dollars seized from Nuo Ka's stronghold, those would be divided according to each side's contribution.
China and Thailand would take the bulk, while Myanmar and Laos would receive a few scraps.
China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand had publicly reached a consensus on this distribution plan.
After all, the Hong Kong Island Police Force had supplied most of the operations personnel and intelligence support.
Thai Police Headquarters, meanwhile, had deployed formidable weapons such as armed helicopters to ensure that the operations could proceed.
Most importantly, within the four-country Action Group,
China and Thailand held the dominant say. After all, their national strength was plain to see, far beyond anything Myanmar and Laos could match.
China and Thailand had reached a consensus and had also given Myanmar and Laos sufficient benefits.
Naturally, Myanmar and Laos could have no further objections, or at least would not show any on the surface.
The seized drug proceeds were being dealt with in an orderly fashion according to Zhou Quan's established plan.
But the drug lords