15/04/2004

Man arrested following fuel seizure

A man has been arrested after a vehicle adapted for transporting illegal fuel was seized in Co Armagh.

Police intercepted the refrigerated van, which was carrying plastic tanks containing 9,000 litres of laundered diesel in Portadown on Thursday.

The vehicle was stopped as it made its way along the Markethill to Armagh road.

Elsewhere, police have found cocaine with an estimated street value of £35,000.

The discovery was made during a search in a garden at Slemish Way in Lisburn on Wednesday.

(MB)

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