DARREN WEIR'S STABLES RAIDED. THREE ARRESTED.

By Graham Potter | Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Stables owned by Darren Weir at Miners Rest and Warrnambool were raided by police early this morning.

Three men were arrested and they will now be questioned by detectives from Victoria Police's Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit following an investigation into potential offences against the rules of racing.

Racing Victoria's executive general manager of the integrity unit, Jamie Stier confirmed these events saying, “Racing Victoria’s Integrity Services team has been conducting an investigation into the activities of licensed persons in the Warrnambool and Ballarat areas," he said.

"During the course of our investigation we sought the support of Victoria Police’s Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit on the matter, instigating their investigation.

“The Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit this morning executed warrants at properties in Warrnambool and Ballarat where they arrested three licensed persons for questioning."

A Victoria Police spokesperson, as reported in The Courier newspaper in Ballarat, said the investigation, arrests and upcoming questioning related to ‘sporting integrity matters, including obtaining financial advantage by deception, engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome of an event or event contingency, use of corrupt conduct information for betting purposes, and attempting to commit an indictable offence namely obtain financial advantage by deception.’

The raids and the arrests are part of an on-going investigation and it is important to note that no charges have been laid at this time.