Nine people have appeared in the Christchurch District Court in connection to the police probe into alleged harness race-fixing.
Trainer Andrew Stuart, 41, entered no plea to three race fixing-related charges. He has been remanded on bail until October 2.
He was one of eight who appear in on Tuesday in relation to Operation Inca, a 17-month police investigation into the alleged corruption within the harness racing industry.
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The other seven people who appeared all have interim name suppression.
Another man, 47-year-old horse racing administrator Brent Wall, appeared in the Palmerston District Court, where he denied a charge of deception by match-fixing.
He was remanded on bail to reappear in October.
Police raided 11 harness racing stables and dwellings across the country last week. Search warrants were executed on nine properties in Christchurch, and one each in Manawatu and Invercargill as a result of the long-running probe into the industry.
The investigation was sparked by the Racing Integrity Unit (RIU), which tipped off police with information of the alleged illegal activity.
The RIU has barred those charged by police from attending harness racing meetings, workouts and trials while the investigation continues.
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