DUBLIN: Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 35,000 cigarettes and 12.5kg of tobacco worth over €22,000 in retail value and 41 litres of alcohol worth over €1,000.
In an intelligence-led operation in the Moore Street area, officers obtained a warrant and searched a house in Dublin’s north inner city.
They found 10,600 Marlboro, MG, BN and Eagle cigarettes and 8.5kg of Eastenders tobacco.
In a separate operation, over nearly 22,500 cigarettes were discovered along with 41 litres of alcohol at Dublin Port.
A Northern Irish-registered car that a Polish national was driving was also seized. He had been on a ferry from Holyhead.
In the third operation in Enniscorthy on Tuesday 18 August, officers got a warrant to search a private house and found 1,940 counterfeit cigarettes and around 4kg of tobacco. The brands included Marlboro, L&M, West and Casa Blanca.
A Polish man in his 40s was questioned and investigations are continuing.
