Chinese-sourced tobacco, cigarettes worth more than €1m seized at Dublin Port

Chinese-sourced tobacco and cigarettes worth more than one million euro have been seized by customs officials at Dublin Port.

The smuggled products were found in two batches – €815,000 worth of processed tobacco on Thursday evening and €234,000 worth of branded cigarettes earlier this month.

Those figures are estimated retail values, although combined they represented a potential loss in tax income of €924,000, according to Revenue officials.

The 432,000 cigarettes seized off a shipment from China earlier this month were branded MB Blue and Benson & Hedges. That is the equivalent of 21,600 boxes of 20.

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“These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products,” Revenue said.

Investigations into the shipments are ongoing.