Published: Tuesday November 17, 2009 MYT 6:45:00 PM
Irish seize 6 million cigarettes, arrest smuggler
DUBLIN (AP): Irish police say they have arrested a truck driver trying to smuggle 6 million cigarettes into Northern Ireland.
Police and customs officials say the tobacco goods arrived last week into Dublin Port on a container from Barcelona, Spain, that was marked "hair extensions." They arrested the driver Monday as he drove the cigarettes toward the British territory of Northern Ireland.
Police and customs issued separate statements on the find Tuesday.
Cigarette-smuggling is rife in both parts of Ireland, accounting for at least one in three cigarettes smoked. Criminals can make profits of euro5 per pack by shipping cigarettes from Eastern Europe and Asia where cigarette taxes are much lower.
Last month Irish police seized a European-record haul of 120 million cigarettes hidden in a cargo of animal feed on a ship from the Philippines.
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