Income Officers have seized greater than 1.9m cigarettes at Dublin Port.

he consignment of unlawful cigarettes branded ‘Manchester’, had an estimated retail worth of €1.4m, representing a possible loss to the Exchequer of roughly €1.1.

The massive seizure got here because of routine profiling on Wednesday on the port and was discovered with the help of Income detector canine Waffle.

This seizure is a part of ongoing operations focusing on the shadow economic system and the provision and sale of unlawful tobacco merchandise, Income stated.

Investigations are ongoing.