The botched Crime Branch raid targeting African drug peddlers in Dongri has again put the spotlight on the testy relationship between the elite crime-fighting team and the local police.

Soon after word got out that the operation had failed, personnel from the local police station — Dongri in this case — were quick to point out that things may have turned out differently had the Crime Branch kept them in the loop. The Crime Branch, on the other hand, insists that the decision to keep the Dongri police out was deliberate, casting aspersions on the integrity of the station officers.