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Police make arrests in top criminal gang
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Court beckons for three waste company bosses accused of dumping 28,000 tonnes of waste in Northern Ireland. Anton McCabe reports.
THREE WASTE company directors have been remanded in custody in Northern Ireland after police said they were members of one of the 10 largest criminal gangs in the Province, They face 81 charges involving money-laundering, illegal dumping and handling stolen CVs, plant and machinery.
The accused are: Cyril James McGuinness and his wife Mary. from Derrylin, Co Fermanagh; and Cormac McCaffrey, from Clay, Maguiresbridge.
Cyril McGuinness is a director of Fermanagh Waste Recycling and Euroskips. McCaffrey is also a director of Euroskips. while Mary McGuinness is a director of waste firm Raymond Crane (CM 21 October 2004) McCaffrey is also a licensed haulier.
The three were arrested follow ing a major investigation involving detectives on both sides of the Irish border and in England. They are. accused of illegally moving 28,000 tonnes of waste north from the Republic of Ireland; 27,000 tonnes of this has been traced to Scotland.
Constable Gerry Lowry of the PSNI Organised Crime Unit alleges that the three have made €2.6m (£1.75million) over the past 18 months from smuggling waste. "This is a major crime gang, identified as one of the top 10 gangs in Northern Ireland, who have made vast amounts of money," he adds.
McCaffrey's solicitor says he knows nothing about stolen vehicles found on land owned by another firm of which he is a director.
The three defendants pleaded not guilty; they are to appear in court again on 25 April.