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• Irish seize 12 million cigarettes, arrest smuggler  

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-11-17
Author: SHAWN POGATCHNIK

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Irish police and customs officials said Tuesday they have uncovered two cigarette-smuggling plots and seized more than 12 million cigarettes shipped from Spain and Vietnam.

The legal street value of the cigarettes was euro4.8 million ($7 million), including euro3.7 million in potential tax revenue to Ireland, said customs spokeswoman Sarah Cox.

The country imposes the highest tobacco taxes in the European Union, making it a smugglers' paradise for thousands involved in shipping and selling illegal imports and counterfeit cigarettes.

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