Illegal cigarettes worth €4m seized at port

A MASSIVE haul of illegal cigarettes, worth an estimated €4 million, has been seized by customs officials at Dublin port.

Illegal cigarettes worth €4m seized at port

The nine million black market stash was set to flood the British market. They were marked as Benson and Hedges, with a UK government health warning, and were in a container on a ship from China.

Customs officers, using so-called profiling techniques, uncovered the cigarettes in a cargo container marked disposable cups. No one has been arrested.

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