Contraband tobacco and drugs valued at €7.5m seized in separate Revenue operations

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Contraband tobacco and drugs valued at €7.5m seized in separate Revenue operations
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Some 8 million cigarettes found at Dublin Port along with 22.5kg of herbal cannabis at Dublin Airport

Almost 8 million illicit cigarettes with an estimated value of €7.1 million have been seized following a search operation byThe cigarettes were discovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied container which had disembarked a ship from Rotterdam in recent days.

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