Three still in custody over €3m cigarettes seizure

Three men remained in garda custody overnight after the seizure of illegal cigarettes in Dublin worth nearly €3m.

Seven million cigarettes were labelled as 'wooden flooring' when they were brought from Malaysia into Ireland at Belfast port.

Customs officers swooped at a business premises at Baldonnell Business Park in the capital yesterday.

The three men - two in their 20s and another in his 40s - were arrested at the scene and are being questioned by gardaí in relation to the find.