§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have successfully prosecuted any operators of plants for filtering the dye out of agricultural diesel fuel in Northern Ireland. [HL4]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyCustoms do prosecute operators of rebated gas oil laundering plants in Northern Ireland and in the last 12 months have successfully prosecuted three individuals.
In addition, Customs have been disrupting such operations to a greater extent than ever before. In 2000–01 they successfully broke up five times as many laundering plants as in 1999–2000.