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# Customs

All time
Man caught at Sri Lankan airport with a kilogramme of gold hidden in his rectum
26 Sep 2017
33.9k
46
This giant x-ray machine will be scanning suspicious cargo trucks at Dublin Port
15 Jun 2017
17.9k
24
A delivery of wicker boxes and a chair bound for Dublin and Galway was hiding weed worth €150k
26 May 2017
17.0k
13
'Condoms, what are they?': Customs official describes the morning of the 1971 contraceptive train
10 Apr 2017
18.4k
56
Australia halts cargo of snakes, vipers and tarantulas labelled as '2 pair shoes'
4 Apr 2017
22.7k
24
Man arrested as cannabis worth €450,000 is seized in Cork
15 Mar 2017
16.7k
20
Puppies, alcohol and €9,400 in cash: Revenue involved in a number of nationwide seizures
19 Dec 2016
11.1k
11
52 arrested, fireworks and drugs seized, in giant public crime crackdown in Kilkenny and Carlow
19 Oct 2016
24.9k
32
Over €4 million worth of drugs found in routine search of vehicle
18 Oct 2016
21.5k
20
Detector dog Casey helps seize 900,000 cigarettes at Dublin Port
12 Oct 2016
10.9k
22
117 prostitutes and 100 clients found in raid of brothel linked to Hell's Angels
15 Apr 2016
33.5k
17
Three biscuit tins full of cocaine were found by customs at Dublin Airport
11 Apr 2016
29.5k
53
18 pups found in car boot at Dublin Port, one fighting for his life
12 Jan 2016
26.1k
22
Large amount of cocaine intercepted at Dublin Port
24 Dec 2015
14.6k
15
War on fake Christmas: Gardaí have found a massive counterfeit vodka plant
2 Dec 2015
16.4k
46
60,000 bottles of counterfeit perfume destined for street markets seized
27 Nov 2015
12.7k
27
Why have Gardaí and Revenue still not destroyed nearly €500 million worth of drugs?
12 Sep 2015
42.2k
105
Clever customs dog finds 8 million cigarettes hidden in window frames
26 Aug 2015
16.8k
30
This boot full of booze and smokes was seized after a car got off the boat from Wales
24 Aug 2015
28.7k
28
Heard of 'Black Mount' and 'Jim's' cigarettes? They're available on the Irish black market...
11 Jun 2015
19.7k
21
Australia tells Johnny Depp's dogs to "b***er off" or be euthanised
14 May 2015
22.5k
40
X-ray scanner found cars, electronics and engines hidden in this truck
12 May 2015
17.4k
11
Customs seized 1,017 abortion pills last year
22 Apr 2015
22.9k
98
It's been a BAD week for drug smugglers...
25 Mar 2015
11.5k
34
These are just some of the 116 puppies seized at Dublin Port
5 Feb 2015
41.8k
59
Caught cold: 20,000 fake Frozen dolls seized in Dublin
18 Dec 2014
20.4k
57
Harvey, Frankie and Ben sniff out spirits, beer and cash in big Revenue haul
15 Dec 2014
8.8k
12
Revenue stop 130,000 cigarettes marked "school goods" from hitting the market
8 Dec 2014
6.9k
17
2,000 pairs of fake Nike runners seized in Cork
2 Dec 2014
12.6k
53
Stella sniffs out cannabis in package of 'food and spices'
1 Dec 2014
10.2k
33
€378,000 worth of cocaine found hidden in sweets at Dublin Airport
8 Nov 2014
15.8k
34
Complaints about petrol 'stretching' in Mayo force gardaí to act
5 Nov 2014
27.9k
73
Revenue busts oil laundering plant that could have cost State €10m a year
4 Nov 2014
11.9k
66
Man gets 3 months in jail after being caught cigarette smuggling at Dublin Airport yesterday
21 Aug 2014
17.5k
49
Revenue dogs Casey, Meg and Holly sniff out illegal cigarettes and alcohol worth €20,000
29 Jul 2014
7.1k
8
Three arrested as Customs seize 30,000 tablets
28 Jul 2014
12.3k
20
Ralph strikes again: Customs dog sniffs out €500k worth of heroin, ecstasy & cannabis
27 Jun 2014
8.0k
37
Plant stimulant and cigarettes seized in operations targeting tobacco black market
3 Jun 2014
7.2k
16
Man in 60s arrested after €65,000 worth of cigarettes found in Dublin lockup
12 May 2014
8.7k
26
Elderly man caught with €200,000 cash taped to his genitals
16 Apr 2014
36.9k
52
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