Haulage firm owners have assets worth €5.3m frozen

ASSETS including a helicopter and Jaguar worth about £3.6 million (€5.3m) were frozen by the High Court in Belfast during an investigation into drug, fuel and cigarette smuggling.

The Assets Recovery Agency obtained court orders allowing them to take control of properties and other assets held by Mark and Beverley McKinney of Portadown, Co Armagh.

The couple own MMK International Transport Ltd, the assets of which have also been frozen.