Earlier today gardaí and custom officers  uncovered a "significant oil laundering plant" in Corrygarry  near  Castleblaney .

The plant had the capacity to launder an estimated 18m litres of fuel per year. which Revenue said represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of €9m a year.

A laundering operation was under way at the time of the raid and around 95,000 litres laundered fuel were seized at the site.

Three tankers, two transit vans, a box lorry, a 40 foot tanker and an articulated truck were also recovered.

A number of people  were   arrested after the discovery of a large fuel laundering operation in Co Monaghan.

In relation to this seizure a number of raids on filling stations in five other counties took place today as well.

Thousands of litres of laundered fuel were seized at filling stations in in Roscommon, Galway, Offaly, Westmeath and Dublin.

The PSNI later carried out four searches in Armagh and Tyrone.

Earlier today gardaí and custom officers  uncovered a "significant oil laundering plant" in Corrygarry  near  Castleblaney .

The plant had the capacity to launder an estimated 18m litres of fuel per year. which Revenue said represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of €9m a year.

A laundering operation was under way at the time of the raid and around 95,000 litres laundered fuel were seized at the site.

Three tankers, two transit vans, a box lorry, a 40 foot tanker and an articulated truck were also recovered.

A number of people  were   arrested after the discovery of a large fuel laundering operation in Co Monaghan.

In relation to this seizure a number of raids on filling stations in five other counties took place today as well.

Thousands of litres of laundered fuel were seized at filling stations in in Roscommon, Galway, Offaly, Westmeath and Dublin.

The PSNI later carried out four searches in Armagh and Tyrone.