Jack Lawrence

He would later suffer a severe ankle break, which would not only see him miss the Commonwealth Games, but also lead him to develop an addiction to his pain medication, which then led to drugs.

and his eventual meeting with David.

And so a long and lucrative partnership began.

By this stage, David had cut ties with the retired safecrackers, and he, Michael, and their tie connection, Mr Chowdhury, were building a very lucrative business.

As David's wealth grew, so did his appetite for the finer things in life.

And it would apparently be the purchase of an incredibly expensive American roadster that would eventually bring the attention of Australian police.

They would soon discover that this David Macmillan had properties all over the world, Melbourne, Bangkok, London, Hong Kong and Brussels, and had had more than 11 overseas trips in one year.

However, there was seemingly no explanation for this man's extreme wealth.

The police continued to do more digging on this man of mystery, only to discover a list of 43 couriers across Melbourne, Sydney and London that David was using.

Also, no less than 38 birth certificates and 27 passports under false names.

The police now well and truly had David and his syndicate in their sights and Operation Ares was closing in.

It would in fact be David's travel agent that would tip him off about police making inquiries into him.

Two detectives came in with a long list of names they wanted travel details for.

On that list was 30 names, 26 of which were aliases used by David at the time.

What made David such a success was his love of risk and adventure.

However, this would also be his downfall as Operation Ares swoops.

They were good.

The code of silence was being upheld so far by all involved.

However, police would tighten the screws on the team by arresting both David and Michael's significant others and placing them in prison when tragedy would strike.

David and Michael have been held in Jika Jika, the high security section of the infamous Pentridge Prison, home to prisoners like Chopper Reid and Ned Kelly.