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Cigarette smugglers intercepted  

Jump to full article: Irish Independent (ie), 2008-01-12
Author: Tom Brady

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A LATVIAN gang smuggling cigarettes to the Irish black market was intercepted by Customs officials at Dublin airport yesterday.

The officials seized 112,000 cigarettes as they targeted passengers disembarking from a flight into Dublin from Riga.

The operation is one of a series of strikes carried out by the Customs against Irish and Eastern European gangs

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