More time to quiz trio over smuggled cigarettes

Detectives were given more time today to question three men over Europe’s largest ever seizure of smuggled cigarettes.

More time to quiz trio over smuggled cigarettes
Wed, 28 Oct, 2009 - 14:31

Detectives were given more time today to question three men over Europe’s largest ever seizure of smuggled cigarettes.

An Irish man, from Co Louth, a Ukrainian and a Lithuanian were arrested as an international investigation smashed an attempt to bring 120 million cigarettes into the country.

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