Cigarettes and drink seized

Customs officers seized 150,000 cigarettes, 30 kegs of Guinness, 30 cases of spirits and a quantity of illicit spirits in an …

Customs officers seized 150,000 cigarettes, 30 kegs of Guinness, 30 cases of spirits and a quantity of illicit spirits in an early morning raid near Dundalk yesterday.

The cigarettes and spirits are believed to be duty-free, while the Guinness was imported from the North. The find, valued at £30,000, was made at a premises in Dromiskin, near Dundalk.

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