5 Million Cigarettes Seized at Dublin Port
Officers from Revenue's Customs Service at Dublin Port today (16/11/07) seized 5 million contraband 'M 1' branded cigarettes.
The cigarettes, with an estimated street value of €1.9million were concealed in a 40 foot container that had arrived from Turkey.
The contents of the container were described as 'Bedlinen'. The detection was as a result of profiling and a scan by the Customs X-Ray Container Scanner.
The potential loss to the exchequer is an estimated €1.3 million. To date in 2007, 23 million cigarettes have been seized in Dublin Port.
[Ends 16/11/07]