7,920,000 cigarettes with an estimated value of €7.1 million were seized.

The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has recommended that the Irish Prison Service should intensify efforts to physically prevent drugs from entering jails

Following an investigation by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Glen Holland (40), of Rory O'Connor House, Hardwicke Street, Dublin 1, was charged with unlawfully possessing a mobile phone in Mountjoy prison from August 7th to 28th, 2020.

The items were handed over to Revenue's Custom Services and represented a potential loss of €1 million to the exchequer