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Cigarettes worth over €1m seized in Castlebar

Cigarettes seized in Castlebar
The cigarettes seized have an estimated retail value of €1.1m

Gardaí have seized cigarettes worth over €1m in Castlebar, Co Mayo.

€34,000 in cash was also discovered during a search under warrant of a residential property.

Gardaí said the search was part of ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity in the Mayo Division.

Cash sealed in plastic bags
Some of the cash found during a search in Castlebar

The cigarettes seized have an estimated retail value of €1.1m and will now be subject to further examination.

Investigations are ongoing, the gardaí added.