Thousands of contraband cigarettes seized at Cork airport

14,000 contraband cigarettes were seized at Cork Airport this afternoon.

Revenue officers arrested two Lithuanian men who had arrived on a flight from Tenerife , after a routine search revealed the cigarettes in their luggage.

The smuggled cigarettes, branded "Bravo" "BN" and "L&M Blue", have a retail value of more than €7,500.

The men, in their 30's, are being held at Togher Garda Station and will appear in Cork Districk Court tomrrow.

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