A man from County Londonderry has been jailed for six years for organising a cross-channel fuel laundering ring.
Damian Mulholland, 39, from Beaver Crescent, Maghera, was one of three men convicted at Coventry Crown Court.
The fraud involved four million litres of fuel over eight months and cost the taxman £2m in lost revenue.
The diesel, some of it shipped from the Irish Republic, had been treated at plants in England to remove the dye that marks it out for agricultural use.
It was then sold as legitimate road diesel.
The scam unravelled after a tanker was stopped on the M6 in England.
A paper trail led to Mulholland who was alleged in court to have been one of the organisers of the fraud.
Frank Jones, Assistant Chief Investigation Officer for HM Revenue and Customs, said: "The success of this operation is a result of our determined efforts to disrupt and dismantle the illegal supply of fuel.
"Organised crime has a detrimental and harmful effect on all our communities as well as a damaging impact on our environment.
"We would urge anyone with information on fuel misuse or suspicious activities in their area to contact us in confidence straight away."
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