The Queensland Racing Crime Squad (QRCS) have charged five people with 33 charges in a blitz of the far north Queensland region over six days in the past week.
These charges have arisen as a result of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Integrity Investigation Team (IIT) team Stewards and QRCS working effectively together as a result of information received.
Between September 3 and 9, the QRCS and IIT conducted a series of collaborative investigations in the Innisfail and Cairns region with assistance of local Cairns police officers.
On September 5, searches in the Innisfail area resulted in 17 drug charges against a 32-year-old former Innisfail track rider including 16 offences of supplying methylamphetamine.
On the same day, QRCS charged a 38-year-old former jockey also from Innisfail with nine drug offences including supply methamphetamine. Both men were bailed to appear in the Innisfail Magistrates Court on October 8.
A 37-year-old Innisfail man, un-related to the racing
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