Just as Lau Bo-keung and his men were waiting for the criminals to return to Hong Kong Island waters.
Yeung Chi-lung's voice suddenly rang out over the operational communications channel.
"Sir Lau, AIS signals show that the speedboat carrying Zhang Peng is less than five nautical miles from Po Toi Island."
The command personnel at the Police Force's National Security Department Operations Command Centre were not fixed, but the Intelligence Group had always shouldered the actual work.
Yeung Chi-lung, the Intelligence Group's commander, had no other assignments recently, so he naturally took responsibility for running the Operations Command Centre.
While Lau Bo-keung and his men headed for the outermost edge of Hong Kong Island waters, the Operations Command Centre never stopped monitoring Wong Hoi-wo, Zhang Peng, and the other criminals.
Almost at the same time Lau Bo-keung boarded his vessel and put out to sea, Zhang Peng also left the Eastern Divine Dragon cruise ship ahead of schedule, returning early aboard the speedboat he had taken there.
This speedboat was a vessel in ordinary use, not a smuggling boat that needed to conceal its movements like those in the L Arms Case.
As such, the speedboat's automatic identification system was operating normally.
The National Security Department's Operations Command Centre barely needed to expend any effort to pinpoint Zhang Peng's exact location through radio waves, satellite positioning, latitude and longitude, and other factors.
He was now less than five nautical miles from Po Toi Island, which fully satisfied the conditions for the Hong Kong Island Police Force to enforce the law and make an arrest.
"All units, attention. Target the speedboat carrying suspect Zhang Peng. Action!"
Without any hesitation or delay, Lau Bo-keung immediately gave the order to move.
The next instant, the vessels of the Marine Police's Harbour Police District