€3.8m cigarettes seizure in Co Monaghan

Updated: 20:42, Monday, 19 December 2011

Gardaí and customs officials seized 9m cigarettes with a retail value of €3.8m from a premises in Co Monaghan on Saturday.

1 of 1The cigarettes came to Dublin Port from Malaysia
The cigarettes came to Dublin Port from Malaysia

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Cigarettes with a retail value of €3.8m were seized from a premises in Co Monaghan on Saturday by gardaí and customs officials.

Revenue's Customs Service said the 9m "President" brand cigarettes arrived in Dublin Port from Malaysia, via Amsterdam.

The contents of the container had been declared as sports socks on the ship's manifest.

Revenue said the seizure represents a potential loss of €3.2m to the Exchequer.

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