The mopping-up operation inside the warehouse proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the three Senior Superintendents began taking command of the officers from their respective departments.
Chan Wing Yan assigned the half-company of Mobile Unit reserves he had specifically requisitioned to remain and guard the maritime warehouse.
A large quantity of advanced weapons strictly prohibited from illegal transport was stored here. If they had not been trying to lure the enemy out, how could the Police Force have agreed to leave the warehouse in the hands of that handful of Customs maritime operations officers?
On the surface, the Police Force seemed never to have paid much attention to this Customs case.
In reality, however, security at the Hong Kong Government's dangerous goods warehouse in North District had remained outwardly lax but tight within.
Without the Joint Action Group's permission, those fifteen mercenaries could never have entered the dangerous goods warehouse grounds.
Now that the operation was over, the Police Force naturally could not continue leaving warehouse security to the utterly unreliable Customs, which even had a turncoat in its ranks.
From the moment the Police Force launched its operation to trap and corner their targets, this Customs case had been destined to be handed over to the Police Force.
Its supreme statutory priority and its authority as the foremost of the Disciplined Services could not be challenged.
He Wenzhan took over from Pang Yik-hang in issuing orders and began escorting the surviving mercenaries and Customs personnel back to Tai Kwun.
Kung Ka-pui left ahead of the others to arrange the withdrawal of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau's Zoo.
Just as the Police Force's withdrawal was nearing completion, Siu Nga-ying finished her call with her superior.
At that moment, her lovely face was filled with gloom.
Clearly, the Customs personnel's temporary detention