Major cigarette haul intercepted at Rosslare Europort

Revenue has seized nine million cigarettes at Rosslare Europort.

The contraband was uncovered during an examination of a freight unit which arrived from Dunkirk in France.

The truck and trailer were also seized.

The cigarettes have an estimated value of around €8million and represent a potential loss to the exchequer of more than €6.4 million euro.

A man in his 40s was questioned in relation to the seizure and investigations are ongoing.