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250,000 cigarettes seized in Dublin 

Some 250,000 cigarettes have been seized by customs officers at Dublin airport in what they described as a "highly organised" smuggling operation.

Officers from Revenue's Customs Service seized the cigarettes from passengers arriving on a flight from Riga, Latvia, yesterday, a statement said.

"'Operation Swift'" was high profile operation targeting passengers arriving from the Latvian capital," the statement said.

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