Cigarettes worth €5m seized at Dublin Port

Revenue customs officers discovered 7.2 million Richmond branded cigarettes on ship from Rotterdam

The illegal shipment was discovered with the assistance of a mobile x-ray scanner in a container that had arrived into Dublin Port on a vessel from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Photograph: Revenue

Thu Aug 5 2021 - 18:42

Cigarettes worth €5 million have been seized by customs officers at Dublin Port.

Thursday’s discovery of 7.2 million Richmond branded cigarettes would have had a tax value of about €3.9 million to the exchequer, according to Revenue officials.

The illegal shipment was discovered with the assistance of a mobile x-ray scanner in a container that had arrived into Dublin Port on a vessel from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Investigations are ongoing.

This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operation targeting the shadow economy and the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products.