Revenue have seized approximately 8 million smuggled cigarettes during routine operations at Dublin Port.
Revenue officers found the cigarettes at Dublin Port, with the assistance of detector dog Milo and a mobile x-ray scanner. The cigarettes have a retail value of €6.25 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €4.95 million.
The illicit cigarettes were branded as 'Lambert and Butler' and lay concealed in a consignment labelled as 'food stuff.' It is believed the cigarettes originated in Poland and arrived in an unaccompanied trailer via Rotterdam.
