Diesel gang ‘made €100k a week’

THE gang operating a sophisticated diesel laundering plant uncovered by customs and gardaí in Meath yesterday were making a profit of close to €100,000 a week, according to informed sources.

Situated in two large sheds on a farm near Wilkinstown, the plant was raided at 8.30am in what was the culmination of an investigation by gardaí and customs.

Gardaí arrested four men who were on the premises at the time for an alleged breach of the Revenue Act and they were detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Navan and Kells Garda Stations.