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By Dan Walsh Over the course of three days from Wednesday, November 9th to Saturday November 12th, Revenue seized over 53,000 litres of beer and more than 930 litres of wine, with a combined retail value of approximately €223,000 at Rosslare Europort. The beer was seized following the search of two trailers, one accompanied andContinue reading “Beer and wine seized at Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh Revenue has seized almost 10,000 litres of vodka and whiskey at Rosslare Europort. The smuggled alcohol has an estimated retail value of €300,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €230,000. Investigations are ongoing. These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy and smuggling. IfContinue reading “Staggering amount of alcohol seized”

By Dan Walsh Revenue Officers were granted two three-month cash detention orders by Judge Power at Wexford District Court yesterday (Tuesday), following two cash seizures totalling €9,000. The cash was discovered as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Jasper, when Revenue officers searched an Irish registered van that wasContinue reading “Jasper sniffs the cash at Rosslare Europort!”

By Dan Walsh Revenue officers seized approximately 23,600 litres of beer at Rosslare Europort following the search of an unaccompanied trailer that had arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk, France last Friday. The smuggled alcohol had an estimated retail value of more than €94,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €44,000. InvestigationsContinue reading “Beer seized at Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh Cocaine and Cannabis to the value of €165,000 was recovered following a search of a residence in New Ross. A male was charged and brought before the District Court where he was remanded in Custody. Gardaí from the Wexford Divisional Drug Unit along with members from the Detective and Uniform Units fromContinue reading “€165k drugs discovered in New Ross”

By Dan Walsh A man has been arrested following the seizure of herbal cannabis concealed in spare tyres and worth over €765,000 at Rosslare Europort yesterday (Friday). During routine operations yesterday Revenue officers, with the assistance of their mobile x-ray scanner and detector dog Jasper, seized over 38kg of herbal cannabis. The illegal drugs wereContinue reading “€765k drugs discovered in spare tyres”

By Dan Walsh Revenue have seized approximately 48,500 litres of beer and more than 16,100 litres of wine, with a combined estimated retail value of €390,000 at Rosslare Europort recently. Last Saturday, (October 1st) Revenue officers seized over 25,200 litres of beer following the search of a Romanian registered truck that had disembarked a ferryContinue reading “Beer and wine seized at Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh Tobacco, beer and wine with a combined value of €300,000 has been seized over the past week in three routine operations at Rosslare Europort. Last Saturday, Revenue officers seized approximately 77.5kgs of ‘roll your own tobacco’ and over 500 litres of wine, with a combined estimated retail value of €61,000, representing aContinue reading “Tobacco beer and wine seized at Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh Revenue officers seized approximately 13,000 litres of wine at Rosslare Europort yesterday (Wednesday) following the search of a French registered truck that had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg, France. The smuggled alcohol, had an estimated retail value of more than €158,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €84,000.  InvestigationContinue reading “13,000 litres of wine seized at Rosslare”

By Dan Walsh Revenue officers at Rosslare Europort seized approximately 200,000 cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €150,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €118,000, as a result of routine profiling yesterday (Wednesday). The illegal cigarettes, branded ‘Dunhill’, were discovered with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner when Revenue officersContinue reading “200,000 cigarettes seized at Rosslare Europort”