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Drugs worth 260,000 euro found hidden in bag at Dublin Airport

A man has been arrested after 13.4 kilos of drugs were seized at Dublin Airport. The herbal cannabis worth an estimated 268,400 euro was found hidden in the baggage of a passenger who had arrived on a flight from Malaga, Spain. The search was ...

05 Apr 2024 at 21:05

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Retailers issue warning over excise increases on tobacco

Continuous excise increases on tobacco are driving Irish smokers towards a growing black market, fuelling significant growth in smuggling activity. That is according to Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS), who have outlined why Budget 2022 ...

14 Jul 2021 at 17:01

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Breathnach: New bill will help to tackle border smuggling

Louth Deputy Declan Breathnach says a new Bill he has introduced in the Dáil will help tackle the scourge of illegal smuggling in border communities. The ‘Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017’ provides for the introduction of a series of new ...

05 Apr 2017 at 12:57

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Revenue dog “Bill” sniffs out €74,000 worth of illegal fags in Dundalk

Investigations are underway after Revenue officers, assisted by their detector dog Bill, seized 120kg of contraband tobacco worth €74,000 in the Dundalk area last Thursday. Revenue officers carried out a number of searches under ...

31 Jul 2017 at 15:30

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Man jailed for his role in "very sophisticated operation" of smuggling a woman into Ireland

A man has been jailed for his role in smuggling a woman into Ireland in what a court heard was a “sophisticated operation”. Mohamed Mahamed (48), a Danish citizen of Somalian origin of Aarhuas, Denmark, pleaded guilty to ...

30 Jul 2024 at 20:42

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Man in custody after Albanian nationals found hidden in livestock wagon

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling 14 Albanian nationals into Scotland in a livestock wagon by ferry. The Home Office said the 14 foreigners were found by officers concealed in the wagon in ...

19 Dec 2024 at 17:55

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Two arrested in Northern Ireland as part of operation targeting people-smuggling

A man and a woman have been arrested in Northern Ireland in an operation targeting a suspected people-smuggling gang. A 40-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were arrested as around 50 officers from the ...

03 Aug 2022 at 16:09

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Brazilian man jailed after attempting to smuggle half a million euro worth of cocaine into Ireland

A man who attempted to smuggle nearly half a million euros worth of cocaine into Ireland has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Geovane Ferrnandes (31), a Brazilian national, was caught ...

23 Oct 2024 at 17:32

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Revenue seize €63,000 worth of tobacco in Louth

Revenue officers have seized a quantity of smuggled tobacco at a location in Louth yesterday. As a result of routine profiling, Revenue officers seized 90kgs of ‘roll your own’ tobacco, with an ...

22 Jul 2022 at 20:30

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Two arrested and people-smuggling probe launched as men found hiding in van on Rosslare-bound ferry

Arrests were made and a people-smuggling investigation has been launched by Gardaí in Wexford and Wicklow following the discovery of two men hiding on a ferry arriving in Rosslare. The men ...

12 Oct 2024 at 09:39

Increase in seizures of illicit tobacco points to lucrative black market for organised crime gangs

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Retailers feel impact of record year for large-scale tobacco smuggling

A significant spike in major seizures of cigarette and tobacco products in 2021, suggests that the black market being exploited by crime gangs is more lucrative than ever. That’s ...

29 Dec 2021 at 12:10

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Three arrested over Bolivian people smuggling using common travel area

Three arrests have been made over a highly sophisticated Bolivian people smuggling operation that is believed to have abused the Common Travel Area. Two men and a woman were ...

06 Dec 2022 at 19:22

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