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Archive March 2005
ARA freezes £200,000 of criminal assets
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) was granted an Interim Receiving Order by the Belfast High Court on Tuesday 22nd March and an Interim Receiver has now taken control of assets valued at around £200
[ Thursday 31 March 2005 ]
Customs uncover fuel-laundering plant in Co. Armagh
Customs officers have today dismantled an illegal fuel laundering plant in Co. Armagh
The laundering operation, uncovered in farm buildings at a rural location two miles from Armagh city,
[ Thursday 24 March 2005 ]
£4.8 million of criminal assets frozen
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) was granted an Interim Receiving Order at the High Court in Belfast on Wednesday 16th March, and an Interim Receiver has now taken control of assets valued at aroun
[ Thursday 24 March 2005 ]
Pearson welcomes latest success against organised crime
Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF), Ian Pearson MP, has welcomed the latest action by the Assets Recovery Agency to freeze £4.8 million of criminal assets.
[ Thursday 24 March 2005 ]
Police seize drugs worth £750,000
Drugs with a street value of £750,000 have been seized during police raids in Craigavon, Co. Armagh.
Cocaine and ecstasy were found during searches of two houses in the town yesterday.
[ Wednesday 23 March 2005 ]
Five arrests follow Customs fuel operations in Northern Ireland
Five arrests followed Customs fuel operations in Northern Ireland in the last week.
Customs Head of Investigation Northern Ireland Jane Salt said: "This is part of our ongoing activity to dete
[ Wednesday 23 March 2005 ]
Assets Recovery Agency freezes £300,000 of
The Assets Recovery Agency was granted an Interim Receiving Order at the High Court in Belfast on Wednesday 16th March for assets valued at an estimated £300,000.
The assets in question
[ Friday 18 March 2005 ]
Man arrested in money-laundering investigation
Police have arrested a man today (16 March) as part of an investigation into organised crime money-laundering. A number of searches have also carried out in County Armagh and at Templepatrick in C[ Wednesday 16 March 2005 ]
Man arrested in money-laundering investigation
Police have arrested a man today (16 March) as part of an investigation into organised crimemoney-laundering. A number of searches have also carried out in County Armagh and at Templepatrick in Co
[ Wednesday 16 March 2005 ]
Assets Recovery Agency wins disputed Warnock
The Assets Recovery Agency was granted a Civil Recovery Order totalling some £200,000 earlier today in the High Court in Belfast in respect of the estate of the late Stephen Warnock. In their civi
[ Tuesday 08 March 2005 ]
Couple jailed for smuggling cannabis
A couple from Manchester who tried to smuggle £220,000 worth of cannabis into Northern Ireland have been jailed for 18 months.
Tom Mason aged 25 and Joanne Campbell aged 26 were paid £800
[ Monday 07 March 2005 ]
Cocaine and firearms recovered in Belfast
Police in Belfast recovered a quantity of cocaine along with a handgun, a sawn off shotgun and a quantity of ammunition following a planned search of a house in Westland Way in the Oldpark Area of
[ Thursday 03 March 2005 ]
