Revenue seizes cigarettes at Dublin Airport

Revenue officers at Dublin Airport seized 28,000 cigarettes with a retail value of €14,700* when a 35 year old Moldovan male arrived on a flight from Moldova via Frankfurt last Saturday (19/12/15).The 'Marlboro Gold' cigarettes were packed into two suitcases and the man was arrested and brought before Judge John Coughlan in the Criminal Courts of Justice charged with the illegal importation of cigarettes.

He was remanded in custody to appear at the District Court, Cloverhill today (23/12/2015) where Judge Conal Gibbons further remanded him in custody at Clover Hill until Wednesday 06/01/2015.

These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the supply and sale of illegal cigarettes and tobacco. If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding the smuggling or sale of illegal cigarettes or tobacco, they can contact Revenue in confidence on free phone number 1800 295 295.

Ends: 23/12/2015

*The cigarettes represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €11,700. This is assuming that they would have displaced the equivalent full tax paid quantity of cigarettes.