1.5 million cigarettes worth around 900 thousand euros have been seized at a business in Newcastle Co. Dublin yesterday.
The operation was carried out by customs officers and the cross border joint agency taskforce.
The contraband cigarettes, branded L and M, had been imported from Germany.
A number of individuals were questioned, and investigations are ongoing.
The seizure was part of Revenue’s ongoing joint investigations targeting the smuggling and distribution of illicit cigarettes.
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