Sunday 24 January, 2021
15 million cigarettes have been seized in the first half of this year, compared with 95 million last year.
Over 16 kilogrammes of cannabis was seized in two separate operations in Limerick and Rosslare today.
A man in his 40s is being questioned.
The Spanish national arrived on a flight into Cork Airport yesterday.
A Moldovan national was also sentenced to three months in prison for evasion of duty on cigarettes.
Revenue’s Customs Service carried out two operations at the airport in the last 24 hours.
Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service valued the haul at €2,625 with a potential loss to the Exchequer of €2,200.
The 54-year-old was arrested in Cork on Monday following an intelligence-led investigation.
The money was found in the carry-on luggage of a passenger attempting to fly to Amsterdam.
Officers from Revenue’s customs service now have a three month detention order in respect of the money.
Revenue were granted an order to keep the cash for three months in order to investigate further.
The tobacco was being packaged in well-known roll-your-own branding in what Revenue has described as a ‘cottage industry’.
The tobacco was discovered when customs officers intercepted a van at a location in Dublin on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan said there are no proposals to increase penalties for the crime.
Gardaí and Revenue seized more than three million cigarettes in two separate raids.
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In three separate seizures, large quantities of cocaine and Methamphetamine were seized and two people were arrested.
The directive was signed by the Revenue Commissioner late last month.
Of the 55 people prosecuted for smuggling offences last year, 18 had addresses outside of Ireland.
Nineteen searches were carried out at premises associated with a known criminal gang.
Operations have been suspended at the plant, which is under investigation by the Agriculture Department’s Special Investigation Unit.
Separately, two Latvian men have appeared in court
The cocaine was found in the lining of the man’s rucksack by Revenue’s Customs Service.
The association said there is a need for a change in the tagging system as well as a comprehensive database like that for cattle.
Spending at the Department of Social Protection was more than expected, whereas the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation continues to underspend.
Revenue’s sniffer dog, Carby, gave an indication and the cash was discovered concealed in a woman’s carry-on bag.
Two men were stopped and searched as part of an intelligence-led operation.
The seizure included more than 120,000 tablets and capsules.
The plants had a combined capacity to launder 20 million litres of fuel a year.
The cigarettes, of brands which are not otherwise sold in Ireland, were stored in a shipment described as ‘furniture’.
Two separate operations have yielded a seizure of nearly four million cigarettes.
Eight tonnes of toxic sludge was recovered at the plant in Clontibret, which Revenue says cost the exchequer about €1m a year.
Around 500kgs of cannabis resin were discovered on a yacht yesterday afternoon by Spanish authorities.
The two men appeared in court after Revenue seized 103,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort earlier this month.
Drugs worth an estimated half a billion Australian dollars were seized in Sydney.
The authorities raided an industrial premises in Ballymount and seized herbal cannabis and resin worth an estimated €2.6 million.
The cigarettes were found as part of a routine search of a shipment which had arrived from Belgium.
The cigarettes, which were seized in three separate operations this week, had an estimated retail value of over €315,000.
The cigarettes were detected at Portlaoise Mail Centre, leading to the discovery of 40,000 ecstasy tablets.
