My mom works with police teams in India. From what I hear from her, out of pocket expenses is the norm. Not too surprising there. What's surprising is that the officers risked their careers and lives to nab a wanted man outside of the borders and had great success. These guys should be the media's darling now. Hopefully earning them more money and respect

Yeah, really weird. We know about Govt. officials taking bribes but very less about spending their own for missions which are totally just for country!