Donegal: Cigarettes, cash and vehicles worth €911K seized in Burnfoot
Irish Revenue said the operation was conducted with the assistance of officers from An Garda Síochána (Irish police service) in Donegal. At Buncrana District Court, officers were granted a three-month cash detention order in respect of the cash seized.Gardaí (Irish police) said the seizure "is part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the supply and sale of illegal cigarettes and tobacco in the shadow economy".They appealed for information.
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