Haul of 7m cigarettes worth about 6.25m euro seized in Dublin Port

Almost 7.0 million cigarettes worth an estimated 6.25 million euro have been seized at Dublin Port.

The seizure was made on Tuesday after an unaccompanied container from Rotterdam was examined.

Revenue said the action was taken as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner and a detector dog, Milo.

The cigarettes, branded “Marlboro”, have an estimated value of 6.25 million euro, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of 4.9 million euro, Revenue said.

The smuggled cigarettes were seized under Section 141 Finance Act 2001.