The "crackdown" didn't uncover any activities of the Russian guy, an arrest warrant had been already been issued over six months ago! and these numpties knew nothing about it until one of them stumbled across something whilst surfing the web, apparently using some sort of, no doubt very sophisticated, "investigative kit" and then by a 1000/1 chance, they luckily stumbled on him again at a petrol station.
The other major bust involved one of the officers disguising himself as a "tourist"!! I would love to have seen that , a real master of disguise at work ! anyhow it looks like it paid off , as they snared a leading member of an international vietnamese fruit smuggling and distribution gang, and all without the assistance of the specialist, masked, armed officers that other lesser immigration areas officers often resort to.
Five senior officers attended this press conference which was presumably held to highlight the success of some recent crack down, in view of the fact that there were only two arrests, how could anybody keep a straight face?