Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2008-05-13
Intro: More than eight million cigarettes worth about �2.4m have been seized at Belfast docks.
They were found in a container under a load of tyres brought in from China on Monday. The shipment was en route to County Down when it was intercepted.
No arrests were made. An investigation is under way to determine if the cigarettes are counterfeit.
John Whiting, of HM Revenue & Customs, believes it was the work of organised criminals.
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