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Contraband cigarettes seized  

Jump to full article: Daily Ireland / Andersontown News Group (uk), 2006-08-18

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A cache of five million contraband cigarettes seized in Cavan was worth €1.5 million (£1 million), it was revealed yesterday.

Revenue officials followed the consignment of cigarettes, which arrived in Dublin last Sunday.

The cigarettes had been concealed in bales of plywood that had been shipped in a 40-foot (12-metre) container that originated in Paraguay.

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