#Customs
It's been a BAD week for drug smugglers...
More than €2.8 million in cocaine and ‘skunk’ cannabis has been seized across the island.
These are just some of the 116 puppies seized at Dublin Port
The puppies are aged from as young as 5 weeks up to 8 weeks of age.
Caught cold: 20,000 fake Frozen dolls seized in Dublin
They could hardly let THAT go…
Harvey, Frankie and Ben sniff out spirits, beer and cash in big Revenue haul
A search operation was carried out over four counties.
Revenue stop 130,000 cigarettes marked "school goods" from hitting the market
The cargo has a street value of around €68,300.
2,000 pairs of fake Nike runners seized in Cork
The runners came from China and are believed to have been destined for the Christmas market in Ireland.
€378,000 worth of cocaine found hidden in sweets at Dublin Airport
A 50-year-old Romanian national arriving from Abu Dhabi was arrested.
Complaints about petrol 'stretching' in Mayo force gardaí to act
Gardaí will implement a plan to tackle it with Revenue.
Revenue busts oil laundering plant that could have cost State €10m a year
A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection with the find, which included a large among of laundered fuel and toxic waste.
Man gets 3 months in jail after being caught cigarette smuggling at Dublin Airport yesterday
The 30-year-old appeared in court today after more than 16,000 cigarettes were found in his luggage.
Revenue dogs Casey, Meg and Holly sniff out illegal cigarettes and alcohol worth €20,000
Customs agents were helped in their pursuit by detection dogs, Casey, Meg and Holly.
Three arrested as Customs seize 30,000 tablets
Drugs seized and arrests made in joint Garda and Revenue operation today.
Ralph strikes again: Customs dog sniffs out €500k worth of heroin, ecstasy & cannabis
They would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for that pesky mutt…
Plant stimulant and cigarettes seized in operations targeting tobacco black market
The items seized today have a total value of around €50,000.
Man in 60s arrested after €65,000 worth of cigarettes found in Dublin lockup
The cigarette seizure brings to €233,000 the value of seized tobacco this year.
Elderly man caught with €200,000 cash taped to his genitals
The cash was discovered during a routine pat-down.
€30k seized from Irish man as he attempted to fly from Dublin Airport
The man was about to board an early morning flight to Brussels when he was stopped.
Revenue seize €50,000 worth of khat (and 100 hair curlers) in Cork
Around €50,000 worth of the natural amphetamine was seized by Revenue.
Cigarettes hidden in 12 suitcases seized at Cork Airport
Officers stopped and searched four men as they disembarked a flight from Wroclaw last night.
How safe are your children's toys?
Over 20,000 toys were destroyed for being unsafe last year.
Revenue seize roll-your-own tobacco from Kerry house
Two men were questioned in connection with the discovery of the tobacco.
Revenue seize 22,000 cigarettes hidden in steel containers
Two people were arrested and a number of mobile phones and tablets were seized in a follow-up search.
Man (29) arrested at Dublin Airport over cigarette smuggling
More than 16,000 cigarettes were seized from the man’s luggage after he arrived on a flight from Dubai earlier today.
60,000 cigarettes seized by Customs officers in Cork
Cigarettes and a quantity of tobacco were found when a car was stopped by gardaí on the M8 this morning.
Customs have been busy this week, seizing tobacco, cocaine, cash and alcohol
Some of the seizures include 1.1 million cigarettes, 3,500 litres of spirits and 49 pellets of cocaine.
Fuel laundering plant with 10m litre capacity uncovered in rural Waterford
The operation was found near the town of Portlaw, some 19km west of Waterford City, earlier today.
Harvey the Revenue's sniffer dog uncovers tobacco worth €10k in Cork
The sniffer dog also uncovered €55,000 in cash, while a further €28,000 worth of cigarettes was also seized.
Almost 25,000 cigarettes seized by customs officers in Cork
The cigarette were found in two searches after a non-Irish national was searched in Cork airport as he disembarked a flight form Warsaw.
Oil laundering plants uncovered, "large quantity" of cat litter seized in Monaghan operation
Customs officers and gardaí also found 20,000 litres of oil and three tonnes of toxic waste. One man has been arrested.
Pills, liquids and creams among 750,000 doses of illegal medicines seized last year
The Irish Medicines Board said sedatives, weight loss pills and erectile dysfunction drugs were the most detained items as they warn against online purchasing.
Illegal tobacco seizures and fines drop 84 per cent
15 million cigarettes have been seized in the first half of this year, compared with 95 million last year.
Five arrested and €316,000 of herbal cannabis seized by Revenue
Over 16 kilogrammes of cannabis was seized in two separate operations in Limerick and Rosslare today.
€1.4 million worth of cannabis seized in Carlow
A man in his 40s is being questioned.
Cannabis pellets worth €10,000 ingested by man are "recovered" in Cork
The Spanish national arrived on a flight into Cork Airport yesterday.
17,800 cigarettes and €50,000 worth of cannabis seized at Irish airports yesterday
A Moldovan national was also sentenced to three months in prison for evasion of duty on cigarettes.
Cocaine from Dominican Republic and cigarettes from Moldova seized
Revenue’s Customs Service carried out two operations at the airport in the last 24 hours.
Customs seize counterfeit spirits in Dundalk
Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service valued the haul at €2,625 with a potential loss to the Exchequer of €2,200.
Man arrested after being found with .5kg of cocaine
The 54-year-old was arrested in Cork on Monday following an intelligence-led investigation.
Customs seize €48k in cash from passenger at Cork Airport
The money was found in the carry-on luggage of a passenger attempting to fly to Amsterdam.
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