Cigarettes worth €5 million have been seized by customs officers at Dublin Port.
Thursday’s discovery of 7.2 million Richmond branded cigarettes would have had a tax value of about €3.9 million to the exchequer, according to Revenue officials.
The illegal shipment was discovered with the assistance of a mobile x-ray scanner in a container that had arrived into Dublin Port on a vessel from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Investigations are ongoing.
This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operation targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.
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Businesses and members of the public have been urged to report any information regarding smuggling.
