 However, nine months later, in May 1983, they were released on bail when evidence emerged that the police might have planted two of the guns and the explosives found in the apartment and that neither King nor Plunkett were present during the police search.An investigation into the circumstances of the arrest was initiated, with several gendarmes questioned by the investigating judge, as well as an internal inquiry conducted at the highest level by a gendarmerie general.The inquiry revealed that documents certifying that the search had been carried out following proper procedure (that both the suspects and a duly empowered senior police officer had been present) had been fabricated.