REVENUE officers seized tobacco products worth €1,396,000 in Rosslare Europort, Limerick and Tipperary, yesterday.
In Rosslare Europort, Revenue Officers seized 1,452,600 cigarettes. The cigarettes, branded Oscar Special Filter, Oscar Super Slims Blue and Mac Extra Filter Queens, have a retail value of over €1,310,000 representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €1,036,000.
The cigarettes were discovered when, as a result of risk profiling, an accompanied freight unit that had disembarked a ferry from Dunkirk, France was stopped and searched. The truck and trailer were also seized.
