A tanker truck, which was seized by Revenue officials during a diesel laundering operation last week, has been stolen from inside the army barracks in Dundalk, Co Louth.
The incident took place at around 2am this morning, when it's understood a person broke into Aiken Military Barracks and drove the vehicle at high speed through locked gates.
The tanker is still loaded with several thousand litres of laundered diesel, which were seized by Revenue in Co. Monaghan last Wednesday.
Gardaí in Dundalk have launched an investigation and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.