Smuggled cigarettes seized

More than 25,000 cigarettes were seized at Cork Airport, this week.

The 26,200 cigarette find came as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of one of Revenue’s x-ray scanners. The smuggled cigarettes were discovered in the checked and carry-on baggage of a Polish national who had disembarked a flight from Katowice, Poland.

The L&M, Marlboro Gold, Pall Mall and LD branded cigarettes had an estimated retail value of €18,340, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €14,600.

Investigations are ongoing.