Fuel laundering operation uncovered in Cavan
An illegal plant with the capacity to launder €5m worth of fuel a year has been found by gardaí in Co Cavan.
Gardaí and Customs officers uncovered the plant in a yard behind a private house in Whitegate in Virginia.
It is estimated the facility had the capacity to launder about 10m litres of fuel a year.
One man was arrested and later released.
Gardaí also seized two vans, bleaching earth, a compressor and a large quantity of laundered fuel.
