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29/01/2008
Cigarettes worth €3m seized in Dublin
Custom officers at Dublin Port have seized nine million contraband cigarettes.
The ‘Raquel’ brand cigarettes, with an estimated street value of €3.1 million, were found hidden in a container arriving from Belgium.
The contents of the container, registered to a fictitious company in Co Monaghan, were described as household goods. However, the cigarettes were discovered following an x-ray scan of the 45-foot trailer.
Customs said that the find represented a potential loss to the exchequer of approximately €2.5 million.
(VB)
The ‘Raquel’ brand cigarettes, with an estimated street value of €3.1 million, were found hidden in a container arriving from Belgium.
The contents of the container, registered to a fictitious company in Co Monaghan, were described as household goods. However, the cigarettes were discovered following an x-ray scan of the 45-foot trailer.
Customs said that the find represented a potential loss to the exchequer of approximately €2.5 million.
(VB)
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