More than 9.5 million cigarettes, worth an estimated €8 million, have been seized in Rosslare Europort in Wexford.
The cigarettes, branded ‘Marlboro Gold’, were discovered yesterday.
Revenue officers stopped and searched a freight unit that had left a ferry arriving from Dunkirk, France.
A man in his 20s was questioned in relation to the seizure.
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Investigations are ongoing.