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The stormtroopers have swooped.

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:54 AM L.B.Loveday <lloveday at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Victorian Police sports integrity unit swoop on Darren Weir stable
>
> Leo Schlink and Mark Buttler, EXCLUSIVE, Herald Sun
>
> January 30, 2019 7:13am
>
> Subscriber only
>
> ·
>
> Champion Australian trainer Darren Weir and two other men have been
> arrested after police seized a gun and a taser during dawn stable raids.
>
> Detectives from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit executed warrants
> at properties at Warrnambool and Miners Rest, Ballarat as part of an
> ongoing investigation.
>
> Police executed warrants from just before 6am.
>
>
>
> Police at the Darren Weir stables at Miners Rest, Ballarat, this morning.
> Picture: Josh FaganDarren Weir celebrates Prince Of Penzance’s win in the
> 2015 Melbourne Cup. Picture: Jay Town
>
> Weir is one of Australia’s most successful trainers, training the 2015
> Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance.
>
> Detectives from the Ballarat Divisional Response Unit and members of the
> Australian Federal Police were also involved in this morning’s operation.
>
> Three people have been arrested including a 48-year-old Miner’s Rest man,
> a 38-year-old Yangery man and a 26-year-old Warrnambool man.
>
> It is believed tbe men will now be interviewed in relation to sporting
> integrity matters.
>
> They include attempt obtain financial advantage by deception, engaging in
> conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome of event or event
> contingency, use of corrupt conduct information for betting purposes, and
> attempt to commit indictable offence namely obtain financial advantage by
> deception.
>
> The *Herald Sun* is not suggesting the allegations are true, only that
> they have been made.
>
> The *Herald Sun* understands a number of items including a firearm and
> what is believed to be a “conducted energy device” (a taser) were also
> seized from the properties.
>
> The investigation remains ongoing and has also been assisted by Racing
> Victoria.
>
> Allegations at the centre of the inquiry have been under investigation for
> months.
>
> There have been persistent suggestions video from inside a stable has been
> a key element of their investigation.
>
> The *Herald Sun* has chosen not to report on the inquiry because of
> police concerns the probe might be impacted.
>
> Weir, who has training facilities at Maldon, Ballarat and Warrnambool, is
> Australia’s most successful trainer.
>
> He last season prepared a Commonwealth record of 491 winners with combined
> prizemoney earnings of more than $31 million.
>
> Previously based in Stawell, Weir has won the past five Victorian
> metropolitan premierships since creating “Weir-Town” in Ballarat.
>
> His meteoric rise has been repeatedly questioned by some in racing, and
> applauded by others.
>
> He leads Winx’s trainer Chris Waller by almost 90 wins in this season’s
> national trainer’s premiership.
>
> Weir, 48, started out working for other stables, learning his trade as a
> farrier, strapper and track rider.
>
> He is now one of the largest employers in racing and has hundreds of
> horses on his books.
>
> Victoria police has in recent years beefed up its commitment to fighting
> sports corruption.
>
> The sports integrity unit has run investigations in harness racing, tennis
> and cricket.
>
>
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