Britain loses €600m in border smuggling

THE British Government is losing almost €600m a year as organised gangs, including paramilitaries, are raking in millions smuggling petrol and diesel across the border.

More than half the filling stations in the North are now selling fuel smuggled from the Republic, as the gangs take advantage of the big price differences between the two jurisdictions.

Diesel prices south of the border are typically around 45 a litre (38%) lower, a report from Britain's House of Commons Public Accounts Committee stated.