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Thursday 30 November 2023 Dublin: 5°C

# Contraband

Last year
2022
1.5 tonnes of elephant ivory have been seized in southeast DR Congo
The contraband represents 80 to 100 slaughtered elephants.
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May 19th 2022, 2:41 PM
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Revenue seize three million illegal cigarettes at Rosslare port
The cigarettes were discovered in a lorry which had arrived from France.
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Feb 15th 2021, 8:14 PM
Man arrested over major contraband seizure at Mountjoy Prison released without charge
A file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Nov 18th 2020, 12:32 PM
Over €100 million of smuggled contraband has been seized at Irish airports and ports since 2016
At Dublin Port, alone, €87 million worth has been seized since 2016.
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Dec 19th 2019, 6:10 AM
Dried bat, horse's tail and 37 crocodile teeth - the strange items people try to smuggle into Ireland
The contraband originated in countries including Cameroon, Indonesia, India and Japan.
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Sep 9th 2019, 7:07 AM
British prison officer jailed for smuggling €100k of contraband into Wandsworth
A significant amount of contraband including cannabis, steroids, mobile phones, tobacco and other illicit items were found in cereal boxes in the laundry room by another prison officer in 2018.
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Sep 4th 2019, 8:18 PM
Man questioned after Revenue seizes more than 27,000 illegal cigarettes
The discovery was made after a vehicle that arrived from France was searched.
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May 13th 2019, 6:20 PM
Volume of drug seizures in Irish prisons soars by 42%, as over 1,000 recorded last year
557 weapons were also seized in Irish prisons last year.
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Feb 26th 2018, 9:18 AM
Two women arrested after Revenue seizes 46,000 cigarettes and €44,000 cash
The cash and cigarettes were seized in three separate incidents in Dublin Airport.
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Feb 12th 2018, 9:45 PM
An average of 12 phones are seized in Irish prisons every week
The figure is up on last year, but way down on 2008 when about 42-a -week were seized.
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Aug 31st 2017, 10:01 AM
Over €19,000 worth of smuggled alcohol and cigarettes seized in Dublin
Over 28,000 contraband cigarettes were seized at Dublin Airport this weekend.
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Aug 28th 2017, 5:26 PM
Gardaí bust uncovers drugs and contraband in crime crackdown
This came as part of the ongoing Operation Thor.
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Mar 1st 2016, 6:00 PM
9.5 million illegal cigarettes seized from Dublin, Tipperary and Meath
Revenue said that the total amount seized represented a loss of almost €4 million to the taxpayer.
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Jan 28th 2016, 7:15 PM
These are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
The Irish Prison Service launched a confidential helpline today for inmates and members of the public to report information about contraband.
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Jul 6th 2015, 12:47 PM
Over 90 mobile phones were seized in Irish prisons in six weeks
Nearly half of those were in Mountjoy Prison.
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Mar 19th 2015, 8:16 AM
Hooch, mobile phones and 421 tablets all found in cell search in Mountjoy
The search was carried out early yesterday morning.
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Nov 5th 2014, 8:06 AM
Heroin, cocaine and 14 mobile phones found in one wing of Mountjoy Prison
The search was based on intelligence gathered.
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Nov 4th 2014, 2:59 PM
Irish Cancer Society accuses tobacco companies of enabling illegal trade
The accusations come after a report from the Revenue Commissioners into illegal tobacco flooding Ireland.
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Aug 21st 2014, 12:01 PM
Mobile phones, modems and USB keys found in dissident wing of Portlaoise Prison
About 30 phones were found in the high security prison.
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Aug 12th 2014, 10:51 PM
PIC: Inmate smuggles contraband into jail... on a cat
The animal was nabbed while sneaking a phone and saws to a convict in Sao Paulo.
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Jan 8th 2013, 12:50 PM
351,000 contraband cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
The cigarettes would have posed a loss to the Exchequer of about €120,000, and were disguised as ‘advertising material’.
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Nov 28th 2012, 1:17 PM
€3.1 million worth of contraband cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
The eight million cigarettes were seized by the Revenue’s Customs Service in boxes labelled “Garlic & Cheese Tear & Share”.
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Oct 8th 2012, 11:56 AM
7.6 million contraband cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
The cigarettes, of brands which are not otherwise sold in Ireland, were stored in a shipment described as ‘furniture’.
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Sep 24th 2012, 12:08 PM
John Gilligan sentenced over contraband mobile phone
The convicted drug deal has been given an additional six months for possession of a mobile phone, which is forbidden for prisoners.
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Feb 17th 2012, 3:45 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 In today’s 9 at 9: Millionaires and their income tax, Facebook, and a NAMA building is occupied…
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Jan 28th 2012, 8:58 AM
More than 15,000 contraband items seized in Irish prisons
In the past two years, almost 3,000 weapons have been confiscated from prisoners, including homemade items such as sharpened toothbrushes and pool balls in socks.
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Jan 28th 2012, 8:00 AM
Mark Wahlberg apologises for saying he could have prevented 9/11 hijackings
Wahlberg had suggested he could have single-handedly prevented the tragedy if he had been on one of the planes.
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Jan 20th 2012, 2:02 PM
Seven million contraband cigarettes seized in Dublin raid
Three men are arrested after a major seizure of cigarettes – worth around €2.9m – at Baldonnell Business Park.
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Jun 22nd 2011, 8:41 PM
4.1 million contraband cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
Customs officers seize another batch of illegally imported cigarettes, which came from China through Holland.
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May 25th 2011, 1:24 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Jan 19th 2011, 5:01 PM
Monk caught smuggling nun's remains onto flight
Three people, including a monk, have been arrested at a Greek airport after the remains of a dead nun were found in their luggage.
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Jan 19th 2011, 3:32 PM