960,000 cigarettes were seized by Revenue at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford.
Investigations are ongoing into this massive find, with an estimated retail value of €720,000.
Revenue officers discovered 960,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort as a result of routine profiling on Monday, May 23.
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The cigarettes were stored in an unaccompanied trailer that had travelled from Bilbao, Spain and were discovered using a mobile x-ray scanner.
Branded ‘Benson & Hedges Silver’ and ‘Lambert & Butler’, the huge quantity has an estimated retail value of €720,000, which represents a “potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €566,000”.
Investigations are ongoing, Revenue has confirmed, with members of the public or businesses asked to get in touch if they have any information in relation to smuggling.
A statement said: “Yesterday, as a result of routine profiling, Revenue officers seized 960,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort.
"The illegal cigarettes were discovered with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner, when Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied trailer that had disembarked a ferry from Bilboa, Spain.
"This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.
“If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on freephone number 1800 295 295.”
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