Officers seized 150,000 cigarettes and 12 kilos of tobacco, with a street value of €60,000 after searching passengers who had arrived at Dublin airpor

Officers seized 150,000 cigarettes and 12 kilos of tobacco, with a street value of €60,000 after searching passengers who had arrived at Dublin airport on a charter flight from the Canary Islands. The shipment represented a potential loss to the Revenue of €46,500.The searches were carried out as part of an intelligence-led operation against the gang. A Customs spokesman said: "This was another significant success for Customs following a similar operation last week against the same smuggling gang."