Man held after illegal fuel find in NI

A man was in custody in Northern Ireland tonight after two more illegal fuel laundering plants and distribution network were uncovered and dismantled.

The plants, discovered in farm buildings in the Washingbay area of Coalisland, Co Tyrone, were seized along with storage equipment, two vehicles and 8,000 litres of laundered diesel.

Simultaneous searches of a filling station and a transport company in the Coalisland area resulted in the seizure of another 23,000 litres of fuel. The man arrested was a local from the area.

The operation was carried out jointly by the North's Revenue and Customs and the Police Service.