Revenue officers have seized drugs and cigarettes with a combined street value of 23-and-a-half thousand euro in Counties Tipperary & Clare.
At Shannon Airport, 1.1kg of herbal cannabis was discovered yesterday in the checked-in baggage of a 31-year-old Lithuanian man who had arrived on a flight from Tenerife. He was arrested by Gardaí and detained at Ennis Garda station. The drugs are estimated to be worth €22,000.
Meanwhile, in Co. Tipperary yesterday, Revenue officers carried out a search under warrant of a house in Cahir and seized over 2,500 cigarettes, branded 'Richman', 'John Bull' and 'M1'. The cigarettes have a retail value of almost €1,500, and have a potential loss to the Exchequer of around €1,300.
Investigations are still ongoing
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