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Tobacco products worth almost €1.4m seized by Revenue

The tobacco products were recovered during search operations on Thursday (Pic:Revenue)
The tobacco products were recovered during search operations on Thursday (Pic:Revenue)

Revenue officers have seized tobacco products worth €1,396,000.

The seizures were made in Rosslare Europort, Limerick and Tipperary.

Over 1.4 million cigarettes were discovered yesterday at Rosslare Europort in an accompanied freight unit that had arrived from Dunkirk in France. A truck and trailer were also seized.

Separately, over 73,000 cigarettes, 20kg of rolling tobacco, a vehicle and a small amount of cash were recovered during searches at premises in Tipperary and Limerick.

A number of people were questioned during the course of the operation.

1.4 million cigarettes were found in a freight unit that arrived in Rosslare from Dunkirk (Pic: Revenue)

Revenue say their investigations are ongoing.