The operation against Handsome Kwan progressed very smoothly.
But major problems arose during the crackdown on Arrogant.
The problem did not lie with the Sham Shui Po Anti-Triad Unit.
Rather, another powerful force was backing Arrogant.
It had to be said that Zhou Quan had chosen the right man when he appointed Chan Fung-cheung to lead the operation against Arrogant.
Brother Arrogant, Cheung Chi-keung, had been Chan Fung-cheung's right-hand man during his undercover assignment, so Chan Fung-cheung naturally knew his former subordinate inside out.
Under Chan Fung-cheung's direction, the operational team soon gathered enough witnesses and evidence to prosecute Arrogant.
But a crucial witness was nearly silenced by the force behind Arrogant.
On every operation Zhou Quan conducted, the suspects taken into custody were held separately.
Throughout their detention, Anti-Triad Unit officers also guarded them around the clock, rather than leaving the responsibility solely to the police station's uniformed officers.
Subordinates followed their superiors' example, and the commanders of the various anti-triad teams under Zhou Quan naturally adopted his way of doing things.
This time, Anti-Triad Unit officers took turns monitoring Arrogant and the witness around the clock.
Although this was somewhat troublesome, it offered the greatest possible assurance that the case could proceed smoothly.
Fortunately, Zhou Quan's strict demands on his men ultimately ensured the safety of the witness who could testify against Arrogant.
The force behind Arrogant was actually brazen enough to arrange for someone to enter Sham Shui Po Police Station to silence the witness.
A foreign superintendent from the Sham Shui Po Support Department insisted, in a very forceful manner, on putting a drug addict into the detention room where the witness was being held.
The drug addict had an extremely sharp steel pipe concealed on him, making his sinister intentions self-evident.
If only uniformed officers