Originally Posted by
bigchez
i might have been mis-informed but I'm sure I'd heard if the cops caught you using red they could say that you owed the duty you'd avoided for however many miles were on the clock regardless of whether that was the first load of red you'd put in or not so if you have 100K+ miles on your van (and lets face it many have done that and more) you faced a potentially huge fine - is this just bollox?
HMRC Can do anything mate. But the general rule is if caught and Are straight
up, most likely £500 fine as mentioned above. start messing about with twin tanks, diesel dye etc... They will hammer you, cos you tying to deceive
them.
ZIPPYOBRIAN I think You Have to be present, for vehicle to be seized.
Quite a few of my pals have been done, this is how i know. I Personally wouldn't take the risk