As part of Revenueโs ongoing operations targeting the importation of illegal cigarettes, officers from Revenueโs Customs Service at Shannon Airport yesterday 11/09/13 seized 70,000 cigarettes with a retail value of โฌ33,600 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of โฌ28,500.The โSept Wolvesโ cigarettes were concealed in a consignmentย of airfreightย which had arrived into Shannon from China.Investigations are ongoing.If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding the smuggling or sale of illegal cigarettes or tobacco, they can contact Revenue in confidence on free phone number 1800 295 295
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