BULLETS, booze, psychoactive drugs and vast quantities of tobacco were all intercepted by Revenue after being sent through the mail over the past two years.
Seizures were highest at the Dublin Parcel Hub where already this year more than 280,000 smuggled cigarettes have been intercepted.
Revenue also reported the seizure of 2,900 items of ammunition as well as more than 27,000 pieces of weaponry, according to data released under FOI.
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In the first eight months of this year, there were 527 litres of wine intercepted, 142 litres of beer and 57 litres of spirits.
Large quantities of drugs were also discovered with seizures totalling more than 200 kilograms; along with another 190,000 individual tablets that were intercepted at the country’s main mail centre. Around 4,000 items, understood to include counterfeit clothing and
electronics, were seized which infringed on intellectual property rights.
Three items which were in breach of international treaties on the trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora were also intercepted.
There were four seizures of medicinal products, according to a Revenue database, as well as 32 tablets of psychoactive substances. A further 450 grams of psychoactive substances were seized along with 1,500 items described as “fiscal” material.
Loose tobacco was discovered in vast quantities with 170 kilograms of smuggled tobacco intercepted and another nine kilos of unstamped product.
Revenue also reported a small number of seizures at their Cork Mail Centre between January and August this year with around 900 cigarettes and 66 grams of drugs found.
Last year, seizures there saw nearly 8,000 cigarettes discovered as well as 59 cigars. There were also nearly 22 kilos of tobacco found at the Cork Mail Centre along with nearly 300 individual items of counterfeit goods.
Much of the interception activity for 2021 was at the Dublin Parcel Centre where 253 pieces of ammunition and 961 different weapons were seized.
Along with seizures of more than 1,000 kilograms worth of drugs, three pieces of drug paraphernalia were also seized.
Nearly a million individual smuggled cigarettes were found along with
466 kilograms of loose tobacco, either smuggled or unstamped.
Other seizures from 2021 in Dublin included 4,316 litres of wine, 257 litres of beer and 314 litres of spirits.
A spokeswoman for the Revenue Commissioner said: “Revenue maintains a presence in mail centres across the country in order to deal with customs related matters arising from the import of goods and parcels via the postal system and to oversee imports from the standpoint of prohibitions on the import of certain illicit products.”
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