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ig laundry busted
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ustoms officers in East Anglia have seized 55 vehicles ding two fuel tankers and eight HGVs after unearthing a 11 laundering plant which had been operating undetected lore than two years, sad fuel testing vans were drafted in from Essex, the Midlands :yen Wales as Customs officers spent six weeks tracking vehlising fuel produced at the plant near Basildon in Essex.
ohn Barber. Customs spokesman for the eastern region, : "The jewel in the crown as far as this operation is coned is the laundering plant We seized over 42,000 litres of :a oil and acid sludge at the site. This plant was using conrated sulphuric acid to take out the dye, making the whole ation highly dangerous."
he plant's existence was revealed after an HGV was stopped routine fuel check and found to be operating on the laun d fuel. Further investigations by Customs officers led them e Basildon plant.
ustoms officers are not revealing the names of operators tit using the cheap fuel but they estimate the laundry cost 'achequer at least £1.13m. The operator of the plant is being ht by Customs after failing to return to the site.
istoms oft cers in Scotland have been out in force dipping vehlafter uncovering a makeshift filling station selling illegal fuel in Vest of Scotland. Of the vehicles detained by Customs 30 were ranging from a flatbed truck to panel vans. Sixteen vehicles detained in the Lothians, five in Tayside, 13 in Aberdeenshire
in the west of Scotland.