Latest: Man and woman arrested in Cookstown over 8,000 litres of illegal fuel

By The Newsroom
Published 1st Aug 2014, 11:03 BST
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A man and a woman from Co Tyrone have been arrested and nearly 8,000 litres of fuel seized as part of an ongoing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into a suspected VAT and excise fraud worth an estimated £300,000.

HMRC officers, accompanied by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, searched a private address and a retail site in the Cookstown area on Wednesday (30 July), where they seized computers and business records linked to the fraud investigation.

Mike Parkinson, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation, HMRC, said:

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