DUBLIN: 400,000 cigarettes were seized at Dublin Port yesterday.
The cigarettes were concealed within pallets of paving bricks and were discovered, as a result of routine profiling.
The 20 foot container that had arrived into Dublin Port from Armenia was selected for scanning and the cigarettes were found.
The cigarettes branded “L&M Soft Plus” have a retail value of €212,698, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €167,876.
These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the supply and sale of illegal cigarettes in the shadow economy.
Investigations are ongoing.
