The Security Department's Intelligence Group was not, after all, a professional intelligence organization.
Its intelligence came either from reports compiled by the various departments of the Hong Kong Island Police Force or from communication with police forces outside Hong Kong Island.
Unless a Special Campaign required it, the Hong Kong Island Police Force would not send Special Intelligence Undercover Police Officers beyond Hong Kong Island.
After all, the Hong Kong Island Police Force was merely one of the Special Administrative Region's Disciplined Services under the Motherland.
The Hong Kong Island Police Force simply had no authority to establish an intelligence organization operating beyond Hong Kong Island.
Even the TUI under Zhou Quan operated only within Hong Kong Island, having infiltrated its various triad societies.
To put it bluntly, Hong Kong Island was only so large, and sovereignty over it belonged to the Motherland.
An intelligence organization established by the Disciplined Services with worldwide reach, or even one limited to Southeast Asia, was absolutely not permitted.
Only when certain Special Campaigns required it could the Hong Kong Island Police Force dispatch some Special Intelligence Undercover Police Officers beyond Hong Kong Island.
Thus, Luo Danian's knowledge of the Golden Triangle was limited to exchanges between the police forces of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand and the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
Obtaining more specific intelligence would require either contacting the Motherland's higher-level military and police special departments or sending informants to investigate on the ground in the Golden Triangle.
As for the former, Luo Danian had begun making preparations as soon as he understood what his boss meant.
As for the latter, only his boss had the authority to make that decision.
"Set the Golden Triangle aside for now. Let's eliminate these drug vermin within Hong Kong Island first."
Zhou Quan considered it