Customs shut down €3.2m fuel laundering plant

An illegal fuel laundering plant with the capacity to defraud the UK exchequer of £2.25m (€3.23m) a year has been shut down in Co Armagh, it was revealed tonight.

Customs shut down €3.2m fuel laundering plant
Fri, 07 Apr, 2006 - 18:56

An illegal fuel laundering plant with the capacity to defraud the UK exchequer of £2.25m (€3.23m) a year has been shut down in Co Armagh, it was revealed tonight.

Britain's HM Revenue and Customs dismantled the plant capable of producing 100,000 litres of fuel a week in an operation near Keady.

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