Revenue seizes cigarettes in Limerick

In an intelligence-led operation in Limerick, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service, assisted by An Garda Síochána, seized 100,000 cigarettes with a retail value of €47,000 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of €37,000 at lunchtime today (21/01/14).

The "Jing Ling" and "Golden Seagiies" cigarettes were discovered in unmarked brown boxes when a Ford Transit van was stopped on the Limerick/Tipperary border near Castleconnell. The van was also seized.

The male driver, a non-Irish national in his 30s, was arrested and taken for questioning at Nenagh Garda Station.

A file is being prepared for the DPP.

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: 21/01/14]