Revenue officers have seized 2.2kg of canabis and 14,600 cigarettes in three seperate searches.

Illegal tobacco worth €210,000 has been seized in Dublin last night.

More than €18,000 worth of contraband cigarettes, tobacco and vodka has been seized by Revenue officers in Dublin.

A drop in cigarette sales in the UK, prompted by England’s smoking ban, gathered pace at the end of last year, latest figures show.