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04/11/2011
Laundering Crackdown Across Three Counties
A crackdown on laundered fuel has led to the closure of two petrol stations and the seizure of 160,000 litres of fuel as well as a sum of cash.
Armed Gardai officers and Revenue Custom’s Officers seized a sum totaling €39,000 after yesterday’s raids.
Raids were carried out on 10 filling stations, two private residences and a fuel depot in counties Dublin, Galway and Louth.
The raids were a bid to tackle the growing problem of fuel laundering and shadow economy activity.
Approximately 20,000 litres of fuel were seized in two filling sations in Dublin while 136,000 litres of fuel were apprehended in a fuel depot in Louth and further 19,500 litres were taken from a filling sation in Louth.
Elsewhere €31,000 from a private residence in Louth and €8,000 from a private residence in Galway was detained by Gardai.
A Revenue spokeswoman said the illegal trade in mineral oils, and oil laundering in particular, represent a serious threat to the Exchequer.
(LB/BMcC)
Armed Gardai officers and Revenue Custom’s Officers seized a sum totaling €39,000 after yesterday’s raids.
Raids were carried out on 10 filling stations, two private residences and a fuel depot in counties Dublin, Galway and Louth.
The raids were a bid to tackle the growing problem of fuel laundering and shadow economy activity.
Approximately 20,000 litres of fuel were seized in two filling sations in Dublin while 136,000 litres of fuel were apprehended in a fuel depot in Louth and further 19,500 litres were taken from a filling sation in Louth.
Elsewhere €31,000 from a private residence in Louth and €8,000 from a private residence in Galway was detained by Gardai.
A Revenue spokeswoman said the illegal trade in mineral oils, and oil laundering in particular, represent a serious threat to the Exchequer.
(LB/BMcC)
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