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A number of people are filling their vehicles up with an illegal form of fuel in the UK, it has been reported.

Revenue and Customers has commented that 20 per cent of automobiles checked as part of an initiative were found to be using the substance, according to the BBC.

It may be that the fuel - usually employed in agricultural vehicles - damages a car or sees motorists pick up a conviction that can cause them to invalidate their motor insurance polices.

Motorists may be opting to use the fuel as it is currently 65 per cent cheaper than petrol.

The price of the substance has reached as high as £1 in East Anglia, the East Anglian Daily Times has commented.

"People who use the illegal fuel are abusing the tax system. They cheat the whole country out of vital funds for public services," said a Revenue and Customers spokeswoman.

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