Counterfeit cigarettes valued at €10m seized in Dublin

Gardaí seized counterfeit cigarettes valued at an estimated €10 million following the search of a trailer in a yard in west Dublin on Tuesday evening.

The cigarettes represented an estimated loss of €7.5 million to the Exchequer, An Garda Síochána said in a statement.

No one was arrested following the search of the yard, the statement said, adding that investigations into the matter are ongoing.

The search, carried out by Garda Detective Units assigned to Clondalkin and Rathcoole and the Clondalkin Tasking Unit, was part of Operation Tara, the Garda national anti-drugs strategy.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review: Elene Naveriani’s warm, wise dramedy makes merry with a midlife crisis

---

How does a 6 cent increase in the price of a pint by Guinness become a 30 cent increase by publicans?

---

Sleep and rest are not the same and failure to address both can increase risk of burnout

---

Newly renovated Ranelagh two-bed for €695,000

---

Officers with Revenue Customs also assisted in the search and took the counterfeit cigarettes for further analysis.