The most sensational allegations include claims by Smith and Henry that Armed Hold Up Squad detectives assisted a group led by themselves to conduct a series of robberies throughout the 1980s, netting millions of dollars. Mr Barry Toomey, QC, counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry into police practices, told the ICAC that in some cases police officers allegedly provided the plans and details of alarm systems of targeted premises, and information on the response time of local police.

    Mr Toomey told the Commission that corroboration would come from inference rather than direct facts. He said that it was, for example, 'of striking significance that that series of robberies was commited without any arrest or any alleged perpetrator for some years.' Mr Toomey also told the inquiry that former detective Mr Roger Rogerson 'looms large in this investigation as he has done in examinations of corruption in the NSW police force throughtout the decade.'