Revenue officers have seized €3 million cigarettes from a lorry at Rosslare Europort.
The cigarettes, which represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €1.6 million, were found in a lorry disembarking a ferry from Cherbourg in France.
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The illegal goods were concealed in a Polish registered vehicle and were discovered through an x-ray scanner.
A Polish national in his thirties was questioned and investigations are ongoing.