Revenue seize 5.8 million cigarettes at Dublin Port

Last Tuesday (26^th), as a result of risk profiling, Revenue officers seized approximately 5.8 million cigarettes with an estimated value of over €4.8 million at Dublin Port.

The illicit cigarettes, branded ‘Richmond Blue’, ‘Lambert & Butler Original Blue’ and ‘Lambert & Butler Original Silver’, were discovered in a trailer which had arrived from Zeebrugge, Belgium and represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €3,823,000.

Gardai say investigations are ongoing.