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19/11/2014
Revenue And Customs Announce New Dye Will 'Eliminate' Fuel Laundering
Revenue and Customs have announced a new dye that should "virtually eliminate" illegal fuel laundering.
It is understood officials have been testing new dyes – a coloured marker added to subsidised fuel meant for agricultural use – and claim this new dye will be "almost impossible" to remove.
A sophisticated criminal industry has grown up around illegal fuel laundering, which has seen crime gangs establish large scale operations to launder the tax-rebated fuel.
Revenue and Customs claim the new dye marker, a simple roadside dip test, will immediately reveal anyone using illegal fuel.
The new marker is to be introduced in April 2015.
(MH/CD)
It is understood officials have been testing new dyes – a coloured marker added to subsidised fuel meant for agricultural use – and claim this new dye will be "almost impossible" to remove.
A sophisticated criminal industry has grown up around illegal fuel laundering, which has seen crime gangs establish large scale operations to launder the tax-rebated fuel.
Revenue and Customs claim the new dye marker, a simple roadside dip test, will immediately reveal anyone using illegal fuel.
The new marker is to be introduced in April 2015.
(MH/CD)
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