Revenue make €8.7k. unstamped cigarettes seizure in Mayo

Revenue officers have seized 11,240 unstamped cigarettes and 450 grammes of ‘roll your own’ tobacco in Mayo as part of an intelligence-led operation.

They had an estimated retail value of more than €8,700, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €6,800.

The illegal cigarettes, branded ‘Marlboro Reds’ and ‘Richmond’, and tobacco branded ‘Amber Leaf,’ were discovered during a search, under warrant, of a property in the Ballina area.

A woman in her 50s was questioned in relation to this seizure.