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Cigarette smugglers thwarted 

Customs officials have thwarted a major cigarette smuggling operation for the second time in as many days.

A Northern Ireland gang was behind the latest attempt to illegally bring tens of thousands of euro worth of tobacco into the country for the black market. Almost 168,000 cigarettes and 2.2 kilos of loose tobacco was intercepted by officers tracking the contraband on a flight from Tenerife into Dublin on Saturday night.

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