Revenue officers at Dublin Airport seized 45,000 cigarettes yesterday. Officers stopped and searched a passenger who had arrived from Nigeria via Frankfurt. The cigarettes, branded ‘Benson & Hedges’ have a retail value of €27,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €21,375. The passenger, a 35-year-old Nigerian man, was arrested and appeared in Dublin Metropolitan District Court, where he was remanded in custody to Cloverhill until Monday, 28 May.

Source: Irish Examiner May 22, 2018 17:03 UTC