Almost 10 million cigarettes were seized at Rosslare Europort yesterday.
The illicit cigarettes, branded ‘Superkings’ and ‘Winston’, were discovered when Revenue officers examined an accompanied freight unit which had disembarked a ferry arriving from Dunkirk in France.
They discovered 9.9 million cigarettes with an estimated value of approximately 8.3 million euro, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of 6.5 million euro.
A man has been questioned in relation to the seizure and investigations are ongoing.
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