132,000 pints of suspected illegal beer seized at port

Officers ran a week long operation at Cairnryan

A haul of suspected illegal beer equivalent to 132,000 pints has been seized at a ferry terminal in south Scotland.

Police worked with the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce and HMRC as part of the clampdown at Cairnryan Port, near Stranraer.

The seizures in the lorry park at the P&O terminal took place after HGVs travelled across the Irish Sea's North Channel from the port at Larne, near Belfast.

The operation took place between 23 - 28 February.

The joint operation took place over six days

A joint statement from Police Scotland and HMRC said they "will not tolerate the sale of illegal alcohol".

An HMRC spokesman added: “Disrupting criminal trade is at the heart of HMRC’s strategy to clamp down on the illicit alcohol market which costs the UK around £1bn per year."

Anyone with information about any type of tax fraud can contact HMRC online.

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