The lamps outside Rivergate were being lit when the incident officer set a signed order on the repair shop's table.
Martin read the address first. Beneath it, the authority named the staging office, the case-linked fabrication records, and the equipment used to submit the challenged registrations. The supporting references came from Southbank, the seized register, and the workers' statements. This time, the private yard itself lay inside the permitted search.
"The wardens enter first," the officer said. "The loading gate stays watched. Anyone leaving through the staff exit comes through our reception point."
She indicated the stone path along the bank. Brann had already checked it again. Cale stood beside him with the shift list supplied by the yard clerk, while Neral waited outside beneath the signal perch. The damaged service walk remained closed.
