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AN ESTIMATED €1.3 million worth of tobacco has been seized at Dublin Port today.
The 1.8 tonnes of illicit tobacco, branded ‘Flandria’, and bearing a Lithuanian tax stamp, was discovered when officers searched a consignment that arrived into Dublin Port from the Netherlands.
Revenue said the seizure was made as a result of routine profiling.
The tobacco has an estimated retail value of €1.3 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €990,000, Revenue said.
Investigations are ongoing.
This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targetting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.
Businesses or members of the public who have any information regarding smuggling can contact Revenue in confidence on 1800 295 295.
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It’s tragic that there will be holiday related tragedies over the weekend. Let it not be you, take care of yourself and yours and enjoy yourself.
@Paul Furey: for sure, people dont know what cold water shock can do to you this time of year even for experienced swimmers
If you’ve never swum further than the length of your bathtub then don’t try to swim half a mile out to sea and then need to be rescued!
Splash water on your body and face first and don’t just jump in.
The fun Police are on patrol again. What have we become? Let’s use common sense and enjoy simple pleasures like swimming without the doom and gloom please. Some positivity and progressive thinking is needed right now, not this nonsense.
As someone once said “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself”.
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