TEHRAN: Irish Cross Border Customs seized a total of 12 tonnes of raw tobacco two million cigarettes, a tobacco processing plant and £50,000 in cash as a result of Cross Border raid. Five smugglers had arrested.
A cross-Border raid on properties connected to an organised smuggling outfit has resulted in the seizure of a tobacco processing plant, millions of cigarettes and a sizeable quantity of cash.
The operation was jointly conducted by the Revenue’s Customs Service and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, with the support of gardaí and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Three premises in Co Louth and two in south Dublin were searched with the assistance of tobacco and cash detection dogs, leading to the recovery of 334,000 branded cigarettes with a retail value of €167,000, including a potential tax gain of just over €100,000. A Ford Transit van was also seized.
