10.5 million cigarettes worth over €7.3m have been seized in Dublin Port.
The illegal cigarettes, branded ‘Blue River' were discovered when Revenue Officers searched a container from Vietnam that had arrived into Ireland on a vessel from Rotterdam.
The search was carried out with the help of Revenue's mobile X-Ray scanner and detector dog Waffle.
The cigarettes were concealed in a load that was described as furniture.
Investigations are ongoing.
Revenue seize 10.5 million cigarettes at Dublin Port https://t.co/zsB8CMRhsZ pic.twitter.com/xSS1U1vNZF
— Revenue (@RevenueIE) July 15, 2021
This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.
