Seven charged in harness racing-fixing, drugs probeDAVID WALKER/Stuff National Manager Criminal Investigations Detective Superintendent Tim Anderson briefed media in Christchurch on raids at properties across the country in relation to match fixing in harness racing. Police confirmed they have charged seven people in relation to Operation Inca, which culminated in raids on 10 harness racing stables in Canterbury, Manawatū and Invercargill on Tuesday. Rasmussen is one half of the most successful training partnership harness racing in New Zealand has seen. STUFF Police have raided harness racing stables across the country amid allegations of race fixing and corruption. A 17-month investigation into alleged harness race fixing, corruption and drugs in the sport was unprecedented in New Zealand, police said.

Source: Stuff September 04, 2018 20:26 UTC