Cigarettes worth almost €7 million have been seized in Dublin Port.
Revenue officers discovered the 9.2 million cigarettes during routine profiling on Friday.
Thanks to the use of a mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Kelly, the consignment of illegal items were found.
The cigarettes were branded ‘Kingdom’ and originated in Bulgaria.
They had an estimated retail value of €6.9 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €5.4 million.
This seizure was part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.
Revenue added that its investigations are ongoing.
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