Smugglers hit as officials stub out 68m illegal cigarettes

The haul makes up 3.4m packets — enough to keep almost 10,000 20-a-day smokers going for a year — and was in addition to 2,364kg of loose tobacco also seized at ports, in post, and in warehouses.
Revenue put a value on the seized goods of €35.5m up from the €25.5m worth of similar products taken out of circulation in 2014.