Over €2.4m worth of tobacco seized at Dublin Port

Over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday, officers seized over 154,000 unstamped cigarettes and 46kgs of unstamped tobacco.

Revenue officers seized over 154,000 unstamped cigarettes and 46kgs of unstamped tobacco with the assistance of detector dog Bill. Picture: Revenue

Revenue officers have seized over four tonnes of tobacco at Dublin Port in the latest in a number of operations carried out targeting the the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.

It was found in boxes labelled 'wood briquettes' during routine profiling yesterday.