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19/08/2016
Smuggled Cigarettes Seized At Dublin Airport
Revenue officers have seized 22,000 cigarettes at Dublin airport.
The cigarettes were found in the luggage of a 45-year-old Lithuanian man who arrived in Dublin on a flight from Sweden.
He was arrested and brought before Judge Grainne O'Neill, who remanded him in custody until Tuesday, 23 August.
The smuggled Marlboro Gold cigarettes have an approximate retail value of €11,400, with an estimated potential loss to the Exchequer of around €9,100.
(MH/JP)
The cigarettes were found in the luggage of a 45-year-old Lithuanian man who arrived in Dublin on a flight from Sweden.
He was arrested and brought before Judge Grainne O'Neill, who remanded him in custody until Tuesday, 23 August.
The smuggled Marlboro Gold cigarettes have an approximate retail value of €11,400, with an estimated potential loss to the Exchequer of around €9,100.
(MH/JP)
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