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# Laundering

Two arrested after discovery of oil laundering plants

The plants had a combined capacity to launder 20 million litres of fuel a year.

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Oct 1st 2012, 8:45 PM

# Seized

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

# Seizure

Nearly four million cigarettes seized by Revenue

Two separate operations have yielded a seizure of nearly four million cigarettes.

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Sep 19th 2012, 7:51 PM

# Revenue

Customs officers uncover oil laundering plant in Monaghan

Eight tonnes of toxic sludge was recovered at the plant in Clontibret, which Revenue says cost the exchequer about €1m a year.

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Sep 19th 2012, 2:07 PM

# Monkey Business

Man caught trying to board plane with monkey in his pants

Ouch.

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Sep 10th 2012, 1:17 PM

# Drugs

Two Irish nationals arrested over Spanish navy drug seizure

Around 500kgs of cannabis resin were discovered on a yacht yesterday afternoon by Spanish authorities.

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Aug 31st 2012, 6:15 PM

# Court

Men sentenced to jail for evading duty on cigarettes

The two men appeared in court after Revenue seized 103,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort earlier this month.

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Jul 31st 2012, 4:09 PM

# Australia

Half a tonne of crystal meth, heroin seized in Australia

Drugs worth an estimated half a billion Australian dollars were seized in Sydney.

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Jul 31st 2012, 9:37 AM

# Drugs

Cannabis worth €2.6million seized in Dublin

The authorities raided an industrial premises in Ballymount and seized herbal cannabis and resin worth an estimated €2.6 million.

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Jul 21st 2012, 5:11 PM

# Customs

7 million illegal cigarettes seized at Dublin Port

The cigarettes were found as part of a routine search of a shipment which had arrived from Belgium.

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Jul 9th 2012, 5:18 PM

# Revenue

700,000 cigarettes seized by Dublin Airport customs officers

The cigarettes, which were seized in three separate operations this week, had an estimated retail value of over €315,000.

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Jun 29th 2012, 12:06 PM

# Drugs

Cigarettes and ecstasy tablets seized after postal centre detection

The cigarettes were detected at Portlaoise Mail Centre, leading to the discovery of 40,000 ecstasy tablets.

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May 25th 2012, 4:10 PM

# Seizure

Man arrested as Revenue seize €450k of heroin at Dublin Airport

The drugs were found concealed in a tailored suitcase being carried by a man on a flight from Dubai.

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May 18th 2012, 5:02 PM

# Drugs

Man arrested over €330k drug seizure at Dublin Port

Herbal cannabis and cocaine were found concealed in a trailer at Dublin Port today.

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May 13th 2012, 2:49 PM

# seized stuff

What happens to the things that the gardaí or Revenue seize?

We take a look at what happens to the cars, jewellery, cash and drugs that are seized or recovered by Irish authorities.

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May 6th 2012, 8:30 AM

# Work Can Wait

The burning question*: Do you eat breakfast?

This and every Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

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Apr 2nd 2012, 1:40 PM

# Seizure

Two arrested over Dublin €1m drugs seizure

Herbal cannabis and 10,000 tablets suspected of being a controlled substance were seized at a house at Rathcoole, Co Dublin, yesterday.

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Mar 16th 2012, 7:30 AM

# Seizure

Customs seize 54,000 cigarettes in Fermoy

A man in his 60s has been questioned in relation to the seizure.

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Feb 25th 2012, 5:53 PM

# Customs

Man arrested over Dublin Airport cigarette seizure

Customs officials seized more than 27,000 cigarettes from the baggage of a British national in Dublin Airport today.

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Feb 22nd 2012, 1:14 PM

# Drug seizure

Cannabis worth €355,000 seized at Rosslare port

A man was arrested after the 59kg shipment was discovered inside a car arriving from France.

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Feb 2nd 2012, 8:38 PM

# Fuel Laundering

Oireachtas committee to meet over fuel laundering

Representatives from the Revenue, the Dept of Environment and farm and retail groups will be at today’s meeting.

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Feb 1st 2012, 7:40 AM

# Alcohol

Revenue warns that fake brand alcohol can cause blindness

The most commonly counterfeited alcoholic drinks are spirits – particularly vodka, and these drinks can have severe and fatal effects.

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Jan 24th 2012, 3:49 PM

# Customs

Cigarettes and counterfeit alcohol seized by Customs

Customs officers and gardaí carried out searches at two properties in Limerick city on Friday.

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Jan 16th 2012, 3:05 PM

# iPassport

Man uses iPad to cross US border (or does he?)

Canadian Martin Reisch says a customs officer allowed him to pass into the US with only a scan of his passport on his iPad.

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Jan 4th 2012, 11:50 AM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In tonight’s fix: Irish people’s biggest worry for 2012, a rise in the number of tourists visiting Ireland (finally!) – and time travel exists. Kind of.

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Dec 29th 2011, 7:57 PM

# Illegal Cigarettes

Over 26,000 cigarettes seized at Dublin airport

Customs believe that the three people who were said to be carrying the cigarettes are part of an Eastern European cigarette smuggling gang.

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Dec 29th 2011, 4:07 PM

# Seizure

Firearms, ammunition and drugs seized at Dublin port

Three firearms – two of them loaded – and 1.5kg of cannabis were seized by customs officers at Dublin Port this afternoon.

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Dec 23rd 2011, 5:28 PM

# Smoking

One in seven cigarettes is illegally smuggled

The Exchequer is losing out on €250million a year – or around half the amount recently cut from the social welfare budget.

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Dec 11th 2011, 12:21 PM

# Cannabis Seizure

Cannabis seized and Polish man arrested at Rosslare port

The man has since been released by gardaí following the seizure yesterday.

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Nov 26th 2011, 2:18 PM

# Cigarettes

Over 140,000 cigarettes seized at Dublin Airport

Revenue’s Custom Service searched 23 passengers from the same flight at Dublin Airport last night.

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Nov 19th 2011, 5:34 PM

# Arrests

Five more arrests in south-east drugs probe

Five people – three men and two women – are arrested after further searches in Carlow and Kildare.

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Nov 16th 2011, 11:54 AM

# Cigarettes

Four arrested over airport cigarette seizure

Three men and a woman from Poland have been remanded in custody for a week over the 53,860 cigarettes found at Dublin Airport.

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Nov 15th 2011, 5:34 PM

# Arrests

Three men released, two more arrested in south-east search operation

In total, 13 people are now being held in connection with a series of arrests carried out across six counties yesterday and today.

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Nov 15th 2011, 12:11 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

Catch up on the day’s biggest stories – as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…

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Nov 12th 2011, 8:00 PM

# Cash Seized

Customs seize €70,000 in cash at Dublin Airport

The discovery was made during a routine search as a man prepared to board a flight to Budapest yesterday.

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Nov 12th 2011, 1:11 PM

# Daily Fix

Daily Fix: Friday

A round up of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.

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Nov 11th 2011, 8:00 PM

# Seizure

Over 150,000 cigarettes and €11,500 in cash seized at Dublin Airport

Revenue’s Customs Service carried out searches on passengers arriving in Dublin from Moldova on Saturday.

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Nov 7th 2011, 6:38 PM

# Revenue

Almost 160,000 litres of illicit fuel seized in countrywide raids

Armed gardaí took part in the raids on ten filling stations in Dublin, Galway and Louth.

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Nov 4th 2011, 7:52 AM

# Drugs

Sniffer dog makes €1million cannabis find at Dublin Port

The drug was concealed in food tins inside a shipping container.

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Oct 20th 2011, 12:12 PM

# Drugs

Gardaí seize €5million cocaine haul in Cork

Five men were arrested as part of an investigation into an international drug trafficking gang.

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Oct 13th 2011, 8:41 PM