Revenue seizes cigarettes and cash in Co. Cork

Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service, assisted by An Garda Síochána, last night (10/10/13) seized a total of 60,000 cigarettes, €55,000 in cash and 30kgs of tobacco in Co. Cork. The cigarettes and tobacco have a total retail value of €38,560 and potential loss to the exchequer of €31,342.

60,000 unstamped cigarettes and a saloon car were seized from an Irish national in the Watergrasshill are of County Cork. The 'Capital', 'Elite Gold' and 'Walton' brand cigarettes have a retail value of approximately €28,000 with a potential loss to the exchequer of €23,000.

In a follow up search at a private residence in the East Cork area, one of Revenue's tobacco and cash dogs, Harvey, uncovered a further 30 kgs of 'Amber Leaf' and 'Samson' roll your own tobacco along with €55,000 in cash which was detained under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2005. The tobacco has a retail value of €10,560 with a potential loss of to the exchequer of €8,342.

Investigations are ongoing.

[Ends: 11/10/13]