Revenue officers at Dublin Port caught a shipment of over €1.3 million worth of illegal cigarettes arriving for the purpose of resale.
According to reports, the major bust consisted of 1.8 tonnes of ‘roll your own’ tobacco representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €990,000.
The tobacco, which arrived in from the Netherlands, was branded as ‘Flandria’ with a Lithuanian tax stamp, was discovered when officers searched a consignment that arrived into Dublin Port on October 4.
