Four men charged over tampering with horse microchips and passports

All four sent forward for trial over offences alleged to have taken place on dates between December 2017 and June 2019

Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigated organised deception and fraudulent practices relating to the tampering of identification passports and microchips of horses presented for slaughter. File picture: Healy Racing 

Four men have appeared in court charged in connection with an ongoing Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation probe into organised deception and fraudulent practices relating to the tampering of identification passports and microchips of horses presented for slaughter.

It is alleged the four men conspired to defraud Emerald Isle Foods Limited through a scheme to alter the identity of horses contrary to common law.