Officers from Revenue’s customs service based at Dublin Port have today seized 410,000 cigarettes.
The ‘Regal’ brand cigarettes were seized when officers detained a Northern Ireland registered commercial vehicle.
The cigarettes had a retail value of €175,000 and a potential loss to the exchequer of €137,000.
This latest seizure brings the total number of cigarettes seized to date this year to approximately 77.5 million, with a potential retail value of €32.5 million.
Investigations are ongoing both nationally and internationally.
