Top dog Obi helps Revenue seize smuggled cigarettes at Dublin airport

Revenue search dog Obi. Picture: Revenue

37,400 cigarettes were discovered in routine profile checks and represented a loss to the exchequer of €19,800

13,000 cigarettes branded ‘Marlboro Touch’ and ‘Dunhill’ were seized yesterday from a woman arriving on a flight from Sofia, Bulgaria after Revenue officers stopped and searched the checked baggage of the female passenger.