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Customs seize 12 million cigarettes  

Jump to full article: Irish Independent (ie), 2009-11-18
Author: Tom Brady and Elaine Keogh

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CUSTOMS officers have delivered a double blow to the finances of organised crime gangs shipping large hauls of smuggled cigarettes into the State.

Officers seized almost 12 million cigarettes -- worth nearly €5m -- in two separate consignments after they had been brought into Dublin Port.

Officers said last night that one of the latest hauls had been destined for the black market in the North. The Regal brand cigarettes arrived at the port in a 45-ft container from Barcelona.

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