Criminals made €750k from oil laundering plant

CRIMINALS were earning about €125,000 in profit a month from a massive oil laundering plant smashed by Customs officers yesterday.

Customs suspect the plant, located in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, was in operation for the last six months, providing its owners with profit in the region €750,000.

Investigators said they also discovered a new form of cleaning agent to wash the oil from agricultural use to commercial use.