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02/09/2010
Illegal Fuel Plant Poisons Area Of South Armagh
An illegal diesel laundering plant has polluted a rural area of South Armagh.
The illegal 'open air' operation with the capacity to produce up to 10 million litres of illicit fuel a year whilst evading over £6 million of tax revenue has been dismantled by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
HMRC working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) seized 14,000 litres of laundered diesel, an oil tanker, storage tanks, trailers and laundering equipment.
Mike Connolly, Assistant Director, HMRC Specialist Investigations, said: "Fuel laundering is unregulated and dangerous. This plant was operating on scrubland just metres from the road; its only cover was trees and hedges. The pollution it caused shows the total disregard criminals have for our land and waterways. Indiscriminate dumping of the waste from the laundering process causes severe damage to our environment. Taxpayers and local ratepayers are then obliged to meet the costs of the clean up."
(CD/GK)
The illegal 'open air' operation with the capacity to produce up to 10 million litres of illicit fuel a year whilst evading over £6 million of tax revenue has been dismantled by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
HMRC working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) seized 14,000 litres of laundered diesel, an oil tanker, storage tanks, trailers and laundering equipment.
Mike Connolly, Assistant Director, HMRC Specialist Investigations, said: "Fuel laundering is unregulated and dangerous. This plant was operating on scrubland just metres from the road; its only cover was trees and hedges. The pollution it caused shows the total disregard criminals have for our land and waterways. Indiscriminate dumping of the waste from the laundering process causes severe damage to our environment. Taxpayers and local ratepayers are then obliged to meet the costs of the clean up."
(CD/GK)
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