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29/06/2016
400,000 Cigarettes Seized At Dublin Port
Revenue Officers at Dublin Port have seized 400,000 cigarettes, uncovered in a container that arrived from Armenia.
The contraband cigarettes were found concealed within pallets of paving bricks and were found when, as a result of routine profiling, a 20 foot container had arrived into Dublin Port from Armenia and was selected for scanning.
The L&M Soft Plus-branded cigarettes have a retail value of € 212,698, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €167,876. The seizures are part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the supply and sale of illegal cigarettes in the shadow economy.
(MH/CD)
The contraband cigarettes were found concealed within pallets of paving bricks and were found when, as a result of routine profiling, a 20 foot container had arrived into Dublin Port from Armenia and was selected for scanning.
The L&M Soft Plus-branded cigarettes have a retail value of € 212,698, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €167,876. The seizures are part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the supply and sale of illegal cigarettes in the shadow economy.
(MH/CD)
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