VIDEO: Illegal cigarettes flooding the streets of Cork City

Stubbing out the sale of contraband tobacco is going to be a big job for law enforcement. Sean O’Riordan goes undercover with those attempting to do just that and finds out how easy it is to pick up a prohibited 20-pack in Cork City.

The former chief superintendent who’s helping gauge the ever-increasing level of illegal cigarettes sales in this country has smoked all his life, but he’d be scared to touch some of the stuff now flooding the streets — no matter how cheap they are.

“I’d be big enough to say we all know the health risks of smoking, but people out there have a free choice,” Kevin Donohoe says, just after stubbing one out.