Jail for man, 63, caught with 280,000 cigarettes

A 63-YEAR-OLD man was jailed yesterday for having a massive quantity of cigarettes for sale without tax stamps at his home.

Liam Kenneally, 63, was sentenced to three years in prison with half of this term suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

Tom Farrell, an officer of Customs and Excise and member of the Cork anti-evasion team, said there was a warrant obtained to search Kenneally’s home at 36 Dunmore Gardens, Knocknaheeny, Cork, following a period of surveillance at his property.