Had only Zhou Quan and his subordinates been present, Ma Hiu Tin would not have been so rigid.
At that moment, however, Wong Man Tak, the Big Sir of their Anti-Narcotics Squad, was still there.
In front of his immediate superior, Ma Hiu Tin naturally had to put work first.
Although Lam Ke-shing and Wong Man Tak were the highest-ranking officers at the scene, both knew their place and had no intention of stealing the spotlight.
"Begin!"
As commander-in-chief of the joint operation, Zhou Quan gave the order without hesitation.
"Yes, sir!"
Ma Hiu Tin raised his hand in another crisp salute, then immediately led all the Anti-Narcotics Squad officers to work.
The regular officers began taking stock of the drugs, weighing and counting them.
Meanwhile, the specialist officers from the evidence team tested the drugs' composition on-site.
As police officers, they naturally could not judge the purity of drugs by smell and taste as drug traffickers did.
The Anti-Narcotics Squad's evidence team was equipped with highly specialized portable instruments.
Using a spectrometer and test strips, they produced precise results in just a few minutes.
"Reporting, sir. Sample testing indicates that morphine is the main component of this shipment."
After a flurry of activity, Ma Hiu Tin approached Zhou Quan and the others and reported gravely, "Its purity is close to sixty-five percent. These drugs can be consumed directly."
Only the senior officers of the Narcotics Investigation Division knew what tonight's operation had yielded.
Among the Anti-Narcotics Squad officers present, only Wong Man Tak knew the approximate quantity and value of these drugs.
Ma Hiu Tin and the other officers knew only that their role in tonight's operation was to provide professional guidance to West Kowloon's Anti-Triad Department.
Although the inventory was not yet complete, Ma Hiu Tin could judge