Three hours passed in a flash, and the Hong Kong Island Police Force's chartered plane began circling over Bangkok.
Under the airport control tower's guidance, the plane slowly descended.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing led the way into the dedicated jet bridge specially prepared by the Thai side.
Representatives from Thai Police Headquarters were already waiting inside the jet bridge to welcome them.
Thai Police Headquarters attached great importance to the Joint Anti-Drug Operations initiated by the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
Leading the welcoming party was a police major general in a gray-blue uniform, with maroon-backed rank epaulets bearing a Buddha Light Tower and two eight-pointed stars.
In Thailand, law enforcement agencies used a common system of military and police ranks divided into general, field, and company grades.
The general ranks were rather distinctive, consisting, from highest to lowest, of general, lieutenant general, major general, and brigadier general.
There were four levels in all, conforming to international standards but differing from the classifications back home on Hong Kong Island.
The field and company ranks also followed international standards, each having three levels: colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major, and captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant.
The only difference was that the military ranking system back home had an additional senior colonel rank among its field officers.
A police major general from Thai Police Headquarters was certainly a high-ranking figure.
After all, Hong Kong Island was only a city.
Even if it held a very special significance internationally, it would not be treated as a separate country.
Having a Thai police major general receive a senior assistant commissioner from the Hong Kong Island Police Force already demonstrated considerable sincerity on the Thai side.
The police major general's keen gaze fixed directly on the handsome Sir Kwan at the