Three men held by Gardaí in connection with illegal cigarette seizure

Gardai in Dublin are continuing to question three men in connection with the seizure of two million illegal cigarettes.

The cigarettes, worth €860,000, were being transferred from a container into a lorry at a business park in Newcastle, Co Dublin when Gardai and customs officials swooped on the operation.

A number of vehicles were also seized.

The men, two of them aged 44 and a 38-year-old, are being detained at Clondalkin and Ballyfermot Garda stations.