Revenue officers seized 320,000 cigarettes with a retail value of €240,000 at Dublin Port earlier today.
Officers, with the assistance of detector dog Milo, discovered the various brands of illegal cigarettes, which were concealed within tins of powered paint arriving on pallets from Cologne, Germany. It represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €188,000.
Separately, yesterday as a result of routine operations and with the assistance of detector dog Blue, Revenue officers seized approximately 11.34 kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of almost €227,000 at Dublin Airport.
