Revenue seizes cigarettes at Rosslare Europort and Dublin Airport

As a result of routine profiling, Revenue’s Customs Officers at Rosslare Europort today (4/11/2013) seized 94,120 cigarettes with a retail value of €44,707 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of €35,013.

The 'West', 'Denim', 'Winston' and 'Marlboro' brand cigarettes were discovered in an Irish registered van which had disembarked the ferry from Cherbourg, France.

A 43 year-old male Lithuanian national was released without charge and a file is being prepared for the DPP.

Following the seizure of 31,000 cigarettes by officers from Revenue’s Customs Service at Dublin Airport last Saturday (02/11/13) a 28 year old man with a UK passport was arrested and appeared today, (04/11/13), before Judge Patricia McNamara at the Criminal Courts of Justice.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court on Wednesday (06/11/13).

The "Esse" brand cigarettes with a retail value of €14,725 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of €12,868 were seized when the man arrived at Dublin Airport having travelled from Erbil in Kurdistan.

If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding the smuggling or sale of illegal cigarettes, they can contact Revenue in confidence on free phone number 1800 295 295.

[Ends: 04/11/13]