Word of the deal spreads, and the Egyptian authorities seek to keep the matter a secret until the time is opportune to seize the plutonium, in part to protect the profits of the tourism industry, and foreign governments try to buy it to keep it out of terrorist hands, including that of Israel.
An international mission, led by a man known only as the “Big Boss,” resorts to entrapping Akram by impersonating journalists for an Arab television station and heading to his house for an ostensible interview with Azza on her appointment to Permanent Representative.
Mustafa contacts a former partner on the force, Hossam, who works in private security and contracts with Akram's resort, to investigate his workplace, and he reports little of suspicion except for an assistant named Jackie who is carrying food and ammunition to the desert.
Major General Helmy Abdelhafez, Assistant Minister of State Security, summons Mustafa and Azza after spotting their investigations, confirms the material as radioactive, and asks them to stay away.
Mustafa takes matters into his own hands, getting a gun and smoke bombs from Hossam then proceeding to bring Radwan with him on a raid of the cave, in which they succeed in killing the guards and seizing the shipment.