Dissidents suspected in cigarette haul

DISSIDENT republicans are suspected of being behind a shipment of up to 30 million smuggled cigarettes seized by Customs officers in Co Louth yesterday.

Dissidents suspected in cigarette haul

If sold legitimately, they would have retailed for just under €12 million.

The cigarettes were shipped from Russia and off-loaded at Greenore Port, then brought by lorries to a yard outside Dundalk.

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