Cigarettes not for re-tail thanks to Rua

Give this dog a tasty treat and plenty of belly rubs!

Well done to detector dog Rua who on Tuesday was part of the team that seized millions of cigarettes on Leeside.

Rua and Revenue officers, as a result of risk profiling, seized 4.675 million cigarettes with an estimated value of almost €4 million at Port of Cork.

A spokesperson for Revenue said: “The illicit cigarettes, branded Lambert & Butler and Richmond, were discovered when Revenue officers examined an unaccompanied trailer arriving from Zeebrugge, Belgium and represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of €3.08 million. Investigations are ongoing.”

This seizure is part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the sale and supply of illegal cigarettes and tobacco in the shadow economy.