Contraband haul for customs officers

A SERIES of operations by customs officers in the south-west in recent days have netted tens of thousands of euro worth of contraband cigarettes, alcohol and drugs as well as a number of vehicles.

The first operation took place on Saturday when officers from the Revenue’s Customs Service stopped four Eastern Europeans with addresses in Britain who were attempting to smuggle a considerable amount of contraband into Ireland through Ringaskiddy port in Co Cork.

Officers seized 20,000 cigarettes, 538 litres of beer, 92 litres of vodka and the van in which they were being transported.