Two released after €38,000 tobacco seizure in Dublin

Two men arrested on Friday over discovery of 60,000 cigarettes, 800 tobacco packets

Gardaí seized €38,000 worth of tobacco products and arrested two men on Friday following a search of two properties in Dublin. Photograph: Garda handout
Gardaí seized €38,000 worth of tobacco products and arrested two men on Friday following a search of two properties in Dublin. Photograph: Garda handout

Gardaí arrested two men on Friday after seizing cigarettes and packets of tobacco worth €38,000 in Dublin.

Gardaí stopped two men (aged 28 and 37) in a car on Western Way in Dublin on March 20th and found them to be carrying €500 worth of cannabis.

During a follow-up search of two separate properties in the Dublin area, 60,000 cigarettes and 800 packets of tobacco were found.

The men were taken to Store Street Garda Station where they were detained under the provisions of section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

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They were later released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, according to gardaí.

Dean Ruxton

Dean Ruxton

Dean Ruxton is an Audience Editor at The Irish Times. He also writes the Lost Leads archive series