NORTHERN IRELAND MAN HELD IN FUEL LAUNDERING RAID

NI man arrested in Co Moanghan after diesel plant seized by Irish customs

NI man arrested in Co Moanghan after diesel plant seized by Irish customs

CUSTOMS investigators in the Republic have arrested a man from Northern Ireland.

It followed the discovery of two fuel laundering plants in Co Monaghan.

The 27-year-old man from Armagh  was arrested after a raid at Killyneill, less than a mile from the border.

He was taken away to be questioned at Monaghan Garda Station.

Investigators discovered the plants in a private yard and a commercial premises and could six million litres of diesel a year.

That amounts to a loss the Republic’s public purse of £2.9 million (€3.5 m).

A diesel laundry was found at one of the premises when it was raided by customs officers last year.

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