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Customs swoop nets cannabis haul
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• Customs officers from one of the agency's new mobile teams seized more than a tonne of
cannabis—worth almost £4m—from a lorry at Newhaven last week.
As part of an intelligence-led operation, officers stopped a truck as it arrived on a ferry from Dieppe. During a search of
the vehicle, Customs officers
found shrinkwrapped pallets of cannabis resin concealed
behind a legitimate load of ceramic tiles.
The lorry dri ver was arrested, inter viewed by Customs officers, and was later bailed. Customs enquiries continue.
Graham Hooker, Customs head of detection for the south, says the seizure "clearly demonstrated the importance of our new methods of working. We are very pleased to have stopped this quantity of drugs from entering the UK."
• Customs officers have dismantled two illegal fuel laundering plants in Northern Ireland.
The first plant, near Loughall. was capable of Processing 40,000 litres of fuel a week, while the second, in the Denburb area of County Tyrone.
could launder 35,000 litres a week. Combined, the two plants could have produced a loss of revenue to the Exchequer of almost £2m, says Customs.
During the operations, Customs removed 13,000 litres of contaminated fuel, along with pumps, compressors, filtration tubes and storage equipment. Two vehicles used for transporting the laundered fuel were also seized at the Loughall site.
The agency and the Police Service of Northern Ireland say enquiries are ongoing.
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