Gardai uncover significant fuel laundry in major operation

 

A large quantity of cash was discovered at two locations which were searched as part of Operation Loft, which included Co Meath.  A quantity of business records and computers were also seized and will be now subject to forensic examination by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Gardai describe the find as a significant laundry, with initial analysis indicating that it has a capability of laundering several hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel.  This would result in a potential throughput of 10 million litres per annum and a consequential loss to the Exchequer of €5.5million.  In excess of 40,000 litres of what is believed to be laundered fuel was found on the site as well as a over 150 bags  of a product known as Bleaching Earth.