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Kim O'Leary

Dublin detector dogs sniff out huge haul of illegal cigarettes and herbal cannabis

Revenue officers seized 320,000 cigarettes with a retail value of €240,000 at Dublin Port earlier today.

Officers, with the assistance of detector dog Milo, discovered the various brands of illegal cigarettes, which were concealed within tins of powered paint arriving on pallets from Cologne, Germany. It represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €188,000.

Separately, yesterday as a result of routine operations and with the assistance of detector dog Blue, Revenue officers seized approximately 11.34 kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of almost €227,000 at Dublin Airport.

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The illegal drugs were discovered in an air cargo consignment described as ‘hops’ that had arrived from Canada and was destined for an address in Dublin. Investigations are ongoing in both cases.

Herbal cannabis seized at Dublin Airport on Thursday 29 September (Revenue)

A revenue spokeswoman said: "These seizures are part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and smuggling. If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on our confidential phone number 1800 295 295.."

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