DUBLIN: This afternoon Revenue officers, assisted by detector dog Frankie, uncovered more than 18,000 contraband ‘NZ’ cigarettes in the checked in luggage of a 42-year-old Estonian man.
The smuggled cigarettes, with an estimated retail value in the region €9,700 represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of around €7,700.
The man was arrested and brought before Dublin District Court this afternoon, where Judge Miriam Walsh remanded him in custody to Cloverhill prison until next Friday.