Man arrested after nearly 80,000 cigarettes seized

On Sunday morning, 9th March 2025, members from An Garda Síochána alongside officers attached to the Revenue Commissioners and Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) conducted a multi-agency operation at a location in North County Dublin.

Throughout the course of this operation, over 79,200 cigarettes and 1.25kg tobacco along with 667 litres alcohol, including homemade alcohol, were seized by the Revenue Commissioners.

A checkpoint was also conducted on the R122, in which Customs officers and members of the DMR North Divisional Roads Policing Unit made a number of detections, including the seizure of a vehicle and the arrest of an individual for drink driving offences.

Gardaí attached to Balbriggan Garda Station arrested a male for suspected money laundering offences. The man, aged in his 50s, has since been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Investigations are ongoing.