A police patrol on routine duties early yesterday morning probably foiled plans to hold illegal races in the limits of Kalkara.
The police said that the police were in the area at around 6.30 a.m. when they observed that a number of vehicles with horse trailers that carried horses were gathering there. The police stopped to follow proceedings but when the horse owners became aware about the police presence, they left.
On making some enquiries they found that horse races for which a permit had not been acquired had been planned.