A man in his 40s has been arrested after more than 423,000 cigarettes were seized by Revenue officers at Dublin Port.
The smuggled cigarettes were found concealed in an industrial boiler on a trailer that had arrived on a vessel from Rotterdam.
They were branded 'NZ and 'Minsk' and have an estimated retail value of €296,000 representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €231,859.
A Mercedes Benz Actros Tractor unit and trailer were also seized as part of this operation.
The man, a Lithuanian national, has appeared before a sitting of Cloverhill District Court where he was remanded in custody to appear again on 10 November.
