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08/08/2013
Smuggled Cigarettes Uncovered At Dublin Airport
An estimated €30,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco have seized at Dublin Airport.
On Tuesday, more than 20,400 cigarettes and some 57.50kg of tobacco was found in the luggage of a 40-year-old Danish man, arriving on a flight from Baghdad. The find represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of €23,000.
The man was arrested in connection with the find.
It is understood that the cigarettes included the brands Marlboro, Gauloises, Aspen and Kents.
It is the 13th arrest at Dublin Airport this year in relation to cigarette and tobacco smuggling offences.
(MH/JP)
On Tuesday, more than 20,400 cigarettes and some 57.50kg of tobacco was found in the luggage of a 40-year-old Danish man, arriving on a flight from Baghdad. The find represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of €23,000.
The man was arrested in connection with the find.
It is understood that the cigarettes included the brands Marlboro, Gauloises, Aspen and Kents.
It is the 13th arrest at Dublin Airport this year in relation to cigarette and tobacco smuggling offences.
(MH/JP)
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