Revenue have seized tobacco, cigarettes and herbal cannabis worth almost €5 million at Dublin Port and Athlone.
Officers, along with the help of detector dog Milo, discovered the illegal drugs and tobacco during the course of three routine checks over the past week.
In Dublin Port last Friday, on February 15, Revenue officers found approximately 6,000kgs of smuggled tobacco and 2,400 cigarettes with an estimated retail value of over €4.5 million representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €3.5 million.
