The Yi Family, a cancer in Macau's underground arms trade, had been entrenched there for years, and the network of connections behind it was naturally extremely complex.
Otherwise, after the Red Thief Operations had ended back then,
the Hong Kong Island Police Force, under Zhou Quan's instructions, had directly shared some of its nonconfidential information with the Macau Judiciary Police.
Under normal circumstances, the Macau Yi Family should have been dismantled by the Macau Judiciary Police.
Yet the Macau Yi Family had offered up only a few small fry, and the Macau Judiciary Police's operation had ground to a halt.
This time, to ensure the operation succeeded,
Hong Kong Island Police Force National Security DCP Luo Danian had personally contacted Macau's Security Secretary.
Both sides jointly launched an operation to wipe out the Yi Family, the cancer in Macau's underground arms trade, with the main assault assigned to the elite officers of the Hong Kong Island Police Force's National Security Department.
The Macau Judiciary Police were responsible only for maintaining public order around the perimeter.
Even for this peripheral assignment, their Operations Personnel had been carefully selected, and the operation proceeded in strict accordance with secrecy protocols.
With both jurisdictions attaching such importance to the operation, the fate of the Macau Yi Family was beyond question.
Principal offenders and accomplices alike were all brought to justice.
A major source of instability threatening public safety in Hong Kong Island and Macau was completely swept away.
The operation was highly significant, but its execution presented no difficulty whatsoever.
For the senior officials on all sides, it was really as simple as issuing an order.
Even Macau's Security Secretary, who personally took command of the operation, did so only in a formal, nominal capacity.
Ultimately, the Macau Yi Family was a problem within