Gardaí say there is “no doubt” that paedophiles in Ireland will import child sex dolls — and may already be doing so — and are examining if these objects are covered under Irish criminal laws.

Revenue has seized €600,000 worth of herbal cannabis at Dublin Port.

Some 29,000 cigarettes and 5kgs of tobacco have been seized in Dublin.

114,000 cigarettes, with a retail value of around €55,000, have been seized by Revenue Customs officers in Dublin.

Herbal cannabis worth an estimated €90,000 has been seized by the Revenue Customs service at Rosslare Europort.

Over the past three months, Revenue Customs at Cork Airport has seized almost 200,000 cigarettes valued at €86,531, half of which were confiscated during a week-long operation focused on the illegal trade.

A man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of synthetic drugs, the second such seizure this week.

THE Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has warned of the dangers of purchasing counterfeit Viagra-type drugs and other prescribed medicines over the internet.

A man was being quizzed tonight after the seizure of €3.5m of drugs.

Two men were arrested today after detectives seized almost €300,000 of drugs in an early morning raid.

Customs sniffer dogs stopped almost €20m worth of drugs being smuggled by sea, air and post into Ireland last year, it was revealed today.

Customs officers at Dublin Airport have seized €700,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Revenue officers have seized 1.5 million Benson and Hedges cigarettes at Dublin Port this morning.

GARDAÍ are investigating why up to €1.4 million worth of drugs were dumped 160 kilometres off the Irish coast.

A man in his 60s has been arrested after gardaí detected drugs worth over €200,000 at Dublin Airport today.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has successfully targeted a number of cross-Border criminals in joint operations with its sister agency in the North.

A diesel laundering plant has been discovered in Co Louth.