Customs seize 4.2m cigarettes in Cork

CUSTOMS officers seized 4.2 million cigarettes last night in the largest counterfeit haul ever landed in the Port of Cork.

John Player Blue cigarettes were found among a cargo of Chinese-manufactured swimwear which arrived at Tivoli docks in a container.

A routine operation by customs officers at the docks uncovered the illegal cigarettes, which would have cost the Revenue an estimated €1.2 million in lost taxes.