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Thursday 7 December 2023 Dublin: 9°C

# Smuggled

This year
2023
Cigarettes worth €2.8 million smuggled from Latvia seized at Dublin Port
The cigarettes were found in pallets which had arrived from the Netherlands and originated from Latvia.
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10.8k
Aug 11th 2023, 12:22 PM
All time
165 litres of alcohol and almost 48,000 cigarettes seized by Revenue
The seizures were made as part of two separate operations in the last week.
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15.3k
May 15th 2019, 6:03 PM
Almost 3 million contraband cigarettes seized from property in Kildare
The cigarettes would have represented a loss to the Exchequer of €1.3 million.
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12.5k
Apr 4th 2019, 8:17 PM
Father goes on trial in Spain in case of 8-year-old found in suitcase at border crossing
Ali Ouattara said he was “misled” by smugglers as to how they’d bring his son into the country.
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Feb 20th 2018, 7:32 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
Man who attempted to smuggle drugs to pay for daughter's operation jailed
The Ecuadorian man’s two daughter and former partner have since gone missing after an earthquake.
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14.1k
Jul 1st 2016, 5:02 PM
Large quantity of cannabis found hidden with frozen meat in Rosslare
The drugs were in an unaccompanied container that had arrived from France.
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14.9k
Jun 26th 2016, 8:30 AM
A boy found in a suitcase in Spain is being reunited with his mother
He was found a crossing into a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
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20.9k
Jun 5th 2015, 4:58 PM
'When they scanned the suitcase, they saw someone inside'
An eight-year-old boy was found in a suitcase crossing into Spanish territory.
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May 8th 2015, 2:45 PM
You'll never guess how this woman managed to sneak a gun into prison
Just think of the worst possible place to put a gun, and you have it.
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6.0k
Jan 8th 2015, 7:12 PM
This is what five million smuggled cigarettes looks like
They were found in a truck at Rosslare that had arrived from Cherbourg.
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20.9k
Sep 12th 2014, 10:14 PM
Not 'foil containers' but in fact 1.1 million illegal cigarettes
Revenue intercepted the container at Dublin Port yesterday.
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9.9k
May 27th 2014, 12:55 PM
900 kilos of cocaine, €70k and luxury watches found in floating backpacks in the sea
The backpacks were fitted with tracking and flotation devices.
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21.3k
Feb 4th 2014, 10:42 AM
French family detained for smuggling two infants
The 2-month-old twin girls were born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine – but were unable to be brought home to France as the country’s authorities would not issue passports.
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Mar 24th 2011, 7:00 PM