Huge illegal diesel factory raided in Co Antrim

Police in Co Antrim have delivered what they described as a "serious blow" to smugglers following the discovery of an illegal…

Police in Co Antrim have delivered what they described as a "serious blow" to smugglers following the discovery of an illegal diesel-laundering factory.

Customs officers and police raided the factory and found a forty-foot trailer carrying six tanks, each capable of holding 4,300 litres of contaminated diesel.

A number of other laundering tools, a jeep and forklift were also confiscated in the operation.

A PSNI spokesman said the plant had the potential capacity to launder 75,000 to 100,000 litres of illegal diesel per week.