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POLICE AND customs officers in Northern Ireland have dismantled two
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illegal fuel-laundering plants in south Armagh with a combined capacity of six million litres a year. This would have cost the government £1.5m in lost taxes. The plants were designed to remove both the red dye from UK rebated fuel and the green dye used in rebated fuel in the Republic of Ireland. Colin McAllister, head of detection for Customs in Northern Ireland. says: "People need to be aware of the environmental and safety issues surrounding laundering plants. "They need to consider what happens to the waste by-product and the damage caused by contamination to arable land and our water and rivers." Apart from revenue loss, problems associated with laundered fuel include the by-product of deadly acid. The laundering process also leaves behind chemicals and acids which can wreck engines that run on them. • Five alleged fuel smugglers went on trial at Belfast Crown Court last week on charges relating to evading excise duty and VAT between April 1999 and March 2002. The men allegedly bought diesel and unleaded petrol in the Irish Republic and sold it in Northern Ireland.The trial is expected to last until July.