24/10/2012
Three Arrested Following Oil Laundering Plant Find
Three men have been arrested after an oil laundering plant was discovered in Co Louth.
The men, two from Northern Ireland and one from Co Louth, have been taken to Dundalk Garda station.
Officers from the Irish Revenue's customs service and gardai closed down the site at Tatebane, Hackballscross, Dundalk, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Approximately 30,000 litres of illicit fuel, over 50 bags of bleaching earth, one tanker and three lorries were seized from the site.
Officers also recovered 36 tonnes of toxic waste and spirits on which Irish duty had not been paid.
(CD)
The men, two from Northern Ireland and one from Co Louth, have been taken to Dundalk Garda station.
Officers from the Irish Revenue's customs service and gardai closed down the site at Tatebane, Hackballscross, Dundalk, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Approximately 30,000 litres of illicit fuel, over 50 bags of bleaching earth, one tanker and three lorries were seized from the site.
Officers also recovered 36 tonnes of toxic waste and spirits on which Irish duty had not been paid.
(CD)
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