Haul of 7 million cigarettes worth about €6.25m seized in Dublin Port

The cigarettes were in a container searched at Dublin Port. Picture: Alamy/PA

Almost 7 million cigarettes worth an estimated €6.25m have been seized at Dublin Port.

The seizure was made on Tuesday after an unaccompanied container from Rotterdam was examined.

Revenue said the action was taken as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner and a detector dog, Milo.

The cigarettes, branded “Marlboro”, have an estimated value of €6.25m, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €4.9m, Revenue said.

The smuggled cigarettes were seized under Section 141 Finance Act 2001.