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Emma Nevin

Detector dog sniffs out haul of 540,000 cigarettes at Dublin Port

A Revenue detector dog sniffed out a huge haul of cigarettes at Dublin Port last week.

Officers discovered a whopping 540,000 cigarettes that have an estimated retail value of approximately €426,500, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €334,000.

The smuggled cigarettes, branded ‘Sobraine’ and ‘Dunhill’, were discovered on Friday concealed in metal boxes in a consignment which arrived from Cologne, Germany.

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