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· Latvia
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Jump to full article: Belfast Telegraph (uk), 2008-01-11
Intro: Customs Officers at Dublin Airport have smashed what's believed to be a major cigarette smuggling operation.
Over 100-thousand cigarettes, valued at almost €40,000, have been seized from passengers on a flight from Eastern Europe.
As part of an operation by Customs Officers, 112,000 cigarettes have been recovered from passengers on a flight from Riga in Latvia.
Revenue had identified a particular gang, which based in Latvia, smuggling cigarettes through Dublin Airport and distributing them for sale on the black market throughout the country.
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