Revenue seizes 20,000 cigarettes in Cork and tobacco in Kerry

Revenue officers seized 20,000 cigarettes, 1.5 kg of tobacco and a car in which these were being transported when the vehicle was stopped and searched near Watergrasshill, Co Cork, on Tuesday.

In a follow-up search conducted at a house in Killarney, Co Kerry, and with the help of a detector dog a further 4.5kg of tobacco was seized.

Some €2,000 in cash which is suspected to be the proceeds of, or intended for use in, criminal activity was confiscated in accordance with proceeds of crime legislation.

In a statement Revenue said the smuggled cigarettes and the tobacco have a combined retail value of more than €14,000, representing a potential loss to the exchequer of more than €11,200.