Revenue seizes laundered fuel in Dublin Port

Officers from Revenue's Customs Service, today 31/08/2012, have seized in excess of 20,000 litres of laundered fuel, a truck and 40 foot unit at Dublin Port. The laundered fuel was being exported out of the country when it was intercepted by Customs Officers. This was the result of surveillance activity carried out by officials and forms part of Revenue's on-going crackdown on laundered fuel.

Officers recovered twenty I.B.C's (Intermediate Bulk Containers) each containing in excess of 1,000 litres of laundered fuel, pumps and a fuel metering system concealed in a 40 foot refrigerated unit. Two males, one in his thirties from Northern Ireland and a second in his fifties from Co. Louth were questioned in relation to the seizure and files are being prepared for the D.P.P.

Revenue would like to remind the public that they should be aware of the risks posed to their vehicles by using laundered fuel. It also takes much needed funds from the Exchequer; hurts legitimate trade and of course it is funding criminal activity.

[Ends: 31/08/2012]