There has been a massive seizure of illegal tobacco and cigarettes worth €4.5 million at Dublin Port.
The huge find was made last Friday during routine scanning operations at the busy sea port. Using Revenue's x-ray mobile scanner there was 6,000kg of roll your own tobacco and 2,400 cigarettes found in a shipment.
The smuggled tobacco and cigarettes, of multiple brands, have an estimated retail value of over €4.5 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €3.5 million. It was discovered in a consignment marked as ‘PVC Resin Floor Sealer’ which originated in Belgium and had arrived in an unaccompanied trailer via Zeebrugge.
