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Cigarettes and ecstasy tablets seized after postal centre detection

The cigarettes were detected at Portlaoise Mail Centre, leading to the discovery of 40,000 ecstasy tablets.

CUSTOMS OFFICIALS have seized 40,000 ecstasy tablets and 8,000 cigarettes following the detection of the cigarettes at a postal centre in Co Laois.

The ‘Eight’ brand cigarettes, which originated in China, were discovered at the Portlaoise Mail Centre and a controlled delivery was undertaken.

They were seized this morning at a residential premises in Cork city. The Revenue says that the cigarettes have a retail value of around €3,100 and the potential loss to the Exchequer was around €2,700.

During the cigarette seizure, Revenue officials discovered 40,000 ecstasy tablets with an estimated street value of €400,000 and a small cannabis grow house.

A man and a woman, both Chinese nationals in their early 30s, were arrested at the scene of the seizures and have been taken to Bridewell Garda Station in Cork for questioning.

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