Over 8 million cigarettes seized at Dublin Port

Eva Osborne

Revenue officers seized approximately 8.2 million cigarettes at Dublin Port.

The seizure on Friday was made following routine risk profiling. Detector dog Kobe Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner helped with the discovery.

The contraband was discovered in a consignment declared as cardboard confectionary, following a search of a container that had arrived on a vessel from Rotterdam, Revenue said.

The smuggled cigarettes branded ‘Lambert & Butler’, ‘Richmond’, and ‘Top Gun’, have an estimated value of over €7.7 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €6.1 million.

Revenue said investigations are ongoing.

If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence at the freephone number 1800 295 295.