A 42 year old man has been arrested after a large oil laundering plant was uncovered in Co Monaghan.
Revenue officials and Gardai, acting on intelligence, made the discovery at Drumboat, Inniskeen, last night.
The plant had the capacity to launder approximately 20 million litres of fuel per annum, with a potential loss to the exchequer of 10.5 million euro.
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A quantity of toxic waste was also found at the site.
The man who was arrested is being questioned at Carrickmacross Garda station.
Newstalk Lunchtime’s Eimear O’Shea was with Revenue in Monaghan this morning you can listen back to her report here:
