# Smuggling

Last month

September 2023

Fishing boat owners turning to work with drug trafficking gangs to deal with financial pressures

A report by

Niall O'Connor

Recently The Journal travelled to Lisbon to examine its drugs policy and met with the head of a European-funded agency combating drug smuggling.

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Sep 10th 2023, 12:05 AM

This year

2023

# Courts

Man jailed for three years for attempting to smuggle people into Ireland via Dublin Airport

The man was paid up to €1,000 for each person he successfully smuggled in.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 5:33 PM

Last year

2022

# animal smuggling

Man arrested after PSNI seize 57 puppies, three dogs and a cat in Belfast

Police believe the animals were smuggled into Northern Ireland from the Republic and were destined to be sold in England and Scotland.

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Aug 3rd 2022, 8:37 PM

# SAN ANTONIO

Migrants recount their journeys to US following Texas truck deaths

53 migrants died this week after the trailer they were in was abandoned in Texas.

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Jul 1st 2022, 8:27 AM

# Courts

Dublin man jailed for 18 months after €112,000 found in hidden compartment in his taxi

Kelly had been acting as a courier for €112,000.

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Jun 21st 2022, 8:29 PM

# Smuggling

EU says criminals have been trying to smuggle drugs and weapons into single market via the North

An official outlined details of attempts to smuggle drugs, weapons and high-end electrical products into the bloc.

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Jun 15th 2022, 2:52 PM

# Smuggling

British man sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iraq for smuggling artifacts

Iraq has also been trying to recover antiquities that were looted over a period of decades.

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Jun 6th 2022, 1:02 PM

# Smuggling

Herbal cannabis valued at €400,000 seized in drug smuggling probe

The seizure took place yesteday.

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May 20th 2022, 4:12 PM

All time

# Revenue

Revenue has seized cannabis, alcohol and cigarettes worth more than €183,000

The cannabis was disguised in packaging as coffee, clothing and custom decals.

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Dec 14th 2021, 4:42 PM

# Organised Crime

Gardaí and Customs find €9.8m concealed in furniture in Dublin Port search operation

Two separate search operations, one in Dublin Port and the other in Drogheda, have seen an estimated €10m of drugs seized.

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Nov 25th 2021, 12:23 PM

# Smuggling

Retailers say spike in seized tobacco hints at 'large-scale' cigarette factories in Ireland

Revenue has announced four major seizures of loose raw tobacco with an estimated retail value of €8.1m.

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Aug 31st 2021, 3:13 PM

# Smuggling

Revenue seizes 7.2 million cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €5m

The cigarettes were discovered inside a container using Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner.

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Aug 5th 2021, 5:27 PM

# Seized

Gardaí seize estimated €35 million worth of cocaine disguised as charcoal

Criminals were attempting to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine into Ireland.

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Jul 14th 2021, 12:56 PM

# Rotterdam

8.4 million cigarettes, hidden behind frozen chicken, seized at Dublin Port

The smuggled cigarettes have an estimated value of over €4.1 million.

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May 6th 2020, 10:57 PM

# Smuggling

Nine million cigarettes marked as frozen food seized at Dublin Port

The smuggled cigarettes were discovered in a refrigerated shipping container, declared as transporting frozen food.

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May 5th 2020, 10:35 PM

# Smuggling

'A no-man's land scenario': The ideas sent in from the public to avoid a hard Irish border

One person suggested that they should “erect poles at every road crossing the border between Northern Ireland and the South”.

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Jan 12th 2020, 7:30 AM

# Smuggling

Gardaí probe Bulgarian smuggling routes after CAB raids in Monaghan

Yesterday’s searches were carried on foot of district court warrants.

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Nov 8th 2019, 6:10 AM

# people smuggling

All 39 victims from the Essex lorry tragedy have now been identified

All of the deceased were Vietnamese nationals, a spokesman for Essex Police said.

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Nov 7th 2019, 9:10 PM

# Migrants

Irishman in his 50s arrested after 15 males found in back of a lorry in Wiltshire

A Cork-based company confirmed their vehicle was seized in the incident.

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Nov 7th 2019, 2:00 PM

# Charged

US woman accused of trying to smuggle 6-day-old baby in bag out of Philippines airport

The woman, 42-year-old Jennifer Talbot, had no valid custody documents for the child.

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Sep 6th 2019, 7:10 AM

# Baldonnel

Calls for investigation as gardaí alerted to alleged smuggling at Baldonnel Airfield

Sinn Féín’s defence spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh told TheJournal.ie that he will be raising this issue with the Taoiseach as a matter of urgency.

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Jul 13th 2019, 12:05 AM

# KOMODO ISLAND

Indonesian Island could be closed to prevent Komodo dragon smuggling

Mass tourism is affecting the island which is home to some 2,300 giant, carnivorous dragons.

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Apr 4th 2019, 7:28 AM

UK committee warned by NI business panel why Brexit is a problem - using cheese as an example

If there’s a no deal, the price of beef will go up 37%, cheese by 43%, and tomatoes by 8%, the committee heard.

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Oct 24th 2018, 6:35 PM

# crackdown

Revenue seizes 24,000 litres of beer at Dublin Port

The driver, a man in his 50s from the UK, was questioned about the smuggled alcohol.

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Sep 6th 2018, 7:57 PM

# Smuggling

Aer Lingus worker who helped smuggle illegal immigrants into the country jailed for four years

Peter Kernan had pleaded guilty to four counts of facilitating the entry of an illegal immigrant into the State.

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Mar 23rd 2018, 4:48 PM

# Dublin Airport

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

# frederick cham

Dublin Airport people-smuggling operation described as 'Mickey Mouse' enterprise by accused

Frederick Cham (63) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five charges.

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Feb 6th 2018, 1:52 PM

# puppy rescue

Photos: Seven puppies rescued after being smuggled from Ireland into Wales

The puppies were found in the boot of a car.

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Nov 29th 2017, 3:02 PM

# international crime

Irish man from 'Rathkeale Rovers' smuggling gang jailed in Miami for trafficking a rhino horn

Michael Hegarty was arrested in Belgium following an international arrest warrant.

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Nov 15th 2017, 8:59 AM

# Colombo

Man caught at Sri Lankan airport with a kilogramme of gold hidden in his rectum

The man is reportedly a courier for an organised smuggling ring.

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Sep 26th 2017, 8:41 AM

# You've Got Mail

Californian man accused of smuggling 3 king cobras in crisp cans

There were also three albino Chinese soft-shelled turtles in the package, US authorities said.

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Jul 26th 2017, 10:50 PM

# Smuggling

X-ray scanner used again as Revenue seizes cigarettes worth €3.5 million at Dublin Port

Revenue has seized almost 15 million cigarettes that had been smuggled into Ireland in the last two weeks.

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Jul 13th 2017, 5:07 PM

# Hungry for Success

Baseball star admits eating fake passport as he was smuggled into the US

Jose Abreu was the subject of an intense bidding war in the MLB in 2013.

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Mar 2nd 2017, 5:51 PM

# Illegal Immigrants

Two Aer Lingus staff among three arrested at Dublin Airport over alleged people smuggling

The arrests are connected to a garda investigation into suspected facilitation of illegal immigrants.

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Jan 23rd 2017, 1:00 PM

# Sentenced

Corkman facing 12 years in Philippines jail says drugs were planted on him in airport

Éanna Ó Cochláin and his family say they have received no support from Irish authorities.

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Oct 3rd 2016, 6:00 AM

# Smuggling

Gardaí rescue 14 puppies from boot of car at Dublin Port

The pups were set to be smuggled out of the country without pet passports or valid travel documents.

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Aug 3rd 2016, 6:35 PM

# Dublin Port

Cigarettes and booze seized ahead of busy black market Christmas

The contraband was found on a Romanian bus.

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Nov 30th 2015, 5:16 PM

# Smuggling

Man 'risked his life' by swallowing cannabis pellets to get money for his sick mum

The Spanish national swallowed 107 pellets. He was jailed for 18 months.

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Oct 6th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Australia

Man (91) charged with smuggling cocaine disguised as soap

He alleges he was taken advantage of.

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Aug 11th 2015, 8:38 AM

# India

Irishman arrested for attempting to smuggle 10kg of gold bars

Customs said the man landed from Dubai on an Emirates flight.

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Jul 15th 2015, 10:44 AM