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11/03/2016
Illegal Cigarettes And Tobacco Seized In Cork City
Revenue Officers have seized more than 12,000 illegal cigarettes and over 1kg of rolling tobacco in Cork city.
A quantity of the cigarettes, branded 'Excellence', and tobacco, branded 'Flandria', was discovered when a truck was stopped and searched as part of an ongoing operation into the sale and distribution of unstamped tobacco products in Cork. The truck was seized as it had been used to transport the contraband.
Detector dog 'Harvey' uncovered more cigarettes and tobacco in follow-up searches of a shop and two private residences on the north side of the city. The combined value of the seized product is in excess of €7,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €5,500.
Three Irish nationals, in their 20s, 40s and 50s have been questioned. Investigations are ongoing with a view to prosecution.
(MH/LM)
A quantity of the cigarettes, branded 'Excellence', and tobacco, branded 'Flandria', was discovered when a truck was stopped and searched as part of an ongoing operation into the sale and distribution of unstamped tobacco products in Cork. The truck was seized as it had been used to transport the contraband.
Detector dog 'Harvey' uncovered more cigarettes and tobacco in follow-up searches of a shop and two private residences on the north side of the city. The combined value of the seized product is in excess of €7,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €5,500.
Three Irish nationals, in their 20s, 40s and 50s have been questioned. Investigations are ongoing with a view to prosecution.
(MH/LM)
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