Tobacco seized in inner city

The Customs Mobile Task Unit seized almost 20,000 cigarettes and 31 kilos of roll your own tobacco, in Dublin's inner city yesterday…

The Customs Mobile Task Unit seized almost 20,000 cigarettes and 31 kilos of roll your own tobacco, in Dublin's inner city yesterday. The haul worth £10,000 is the latest in a series of seizures by customs.

A car containing more than 4,000 cigarettes was also seized. Some £35,000 worth of tobacco products have been confiscated in the last two days.

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