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Northern Ireland | Lorry raid nets 6.5m cigarettes 

Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2008-04-23

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People are being warned of the dangers of counterfeit cigarettes

A major operation to smuggle 6.5m cigarettes has been uncovered at Belfast docks.

Four different brands of cigarettes were found in a container on the back of a lorry arriving at the docks on Tuesday night.

Customs officials opened the container doors and saw rows of roof space insulation, but behind those were the contraband cigarettes.

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