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Update: March 23, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Training at Lamorlaye | Scoop-Dyga
Two more people were detained in French cas dopinge began Tuesday morning with steady, coordinated raids across the country, according to Jour de Galop. In Thursday’s edition, the JDG reported that one of the two new individuals was connected to the ascent coach Luc Gabeur and the other was in the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Two other individuals have been released.
On Tuesday morning, raids were made across the country, with 21 people arrested in France, an additional one in Italy and one in Spain. On Thursday JDG, Piallat confirmed that two veterinarians, Diego Uson of Spain, and Bertrand Franquet were among the detainees. According to their sources, the raids carried out on Tuesday morning at David Cottin’s stable in Lamorlaye, just outside Chantilly, and in La Teste in Luc Gabeur’s stable, were very similar in nature, the newspaper said. . The workers were asked to wait in the break room, their cell phones confiscated, while the searches were conducted, JDG speak.
Wednesday morning, the horses returned to training as usual.
“We’re trying to establish each other’s roles, their relationship, and their level of responsibility,” Stephane Piallate, head of central service for racing and gaming, told. JDG. “It has been revealed to some that there may be a more important role than we initially thought, acting as some sort of regional relay that distributes these doping products. We are at the heart of an important process of identifying and verifying elements of evidence. Working with the expertise of the equestrian laboratories, we are awaiting the results of the analyses”.
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