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More than two tonnes of smuggled tobacco has been found in a truck after it was checked by a sniffer dog in Rosslare.
The Polish-registered lorry, which was supposed to be carrying a cargo of plastic, was stopped at Rosslare Europort after driving off a ferry from Cherbourg in France.
The illegal tobacco had a retail value of more than €1 million and if sold it would have resulted in a loss to the exchequer of about €800,000, the Revenue service said.
Revenue, assisted by detector dog Alfie, seized over 2 tonnes of tobacco worth more than €1m at Rosslare Europort https://t.co/wM3YePwwVl pic.twitter.com/eyLFOWscuz
— Revenue (@RevenueIE) June 6, 2017
The agency said officers seized the contraband and impounded the vehicle after it was stopped and searched in a routine operation with the assistance of detector dog Alfie.
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Revenue said the driver, a man in his 40s, was questioned and investigations are continuing with a view to prosecution.