Cigarettes worth almost €9 million seized at Dublin Port
Revenue officers discovered the illegal cigarettes on Monday in an unaccompanied container that had arrived from the Netherlands.
The 9.9 million cigarettes were branded Marlboro Gold, Richmond Blue, and Marlboro Red.
Revenue said the seizure represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €7 million.
The cigarettes were found following risk profiling and the use of Revenue's mobile x-ray scanner.
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