More than 20.6 million cigarettes seized in Dublin and Cork in the last three days

The bigger of the two seizures was made on Wednesday in Dublin as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Milo. File picture

Revenue has seized 20.6 million cigarettes in both Dublin Port and Cork Port in the space of three days.

On Friday, Revenue officials — with the assistance of detector dog Rua — seized 7.3 million illicit cigarettes, branded ‘Lambert and Butler’.