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Customs

All time
Dublin Port is already scaling up its operations to prepare for a hard Brexit
19 Jul 2018
18.0k
52
Child Safety
Ireland and US agree to share travel information of convicted child sex offenders
5 Jul 2018
9.3k
11
Northern Ireland
'I would not be as confident as you': May and Brexiteer MP 'in row over who would win a border poll'
15 May 2018
36.2k
67
customs union
Boris Johnson calls UK's post-Brexit trade plan 'crazy'
8 May 2018
16.8k
32
Dublin Port
Lithuanian trucker refused bail after allegedly importing €1.8m worth of drugs into Dublin
2 Apr 2018
16.5k
Drugs
Man arrested after cocaine, heroin and ketamine worth €2.5m seized at Dublin Port
31 Mar 2018
18.0k
20
Colombo
Man caught at Sri Lankan airport with a kilogramme of gold hidden in his rectum
26 Sep 2017
34.0k
46
nothing to declare
This giant x-ray machine will be scanning suspicious cargo trucks at Dublin Port
15 Jun 2017
18.2k
24
Cannabis herb
A delivery of wicker boxes and a chair bound for Dublin and Galway was hiding weed worth €150k
26 May 2017
17.1k
13
Connolly Station
'Condoms, what are they?': Customs official describes the morning of the 1971 contraceptive train
10 Apr 2017
18.6k
56
Snakes on a Plane
Australia halts cargo of snakes, vipers and tarantulas labelled as '2 pair shoes'
4 Apr 2017
22.8k
24
Glanmire
Man arrested as cannabis worth €450,000 is seized in Cork
15 Mar 2017
16.9k
19
crackdown
Puppies, alcohol and €9,400 in cash: Revenue involved in a number of nationwide seizures
19 Dec 2016
11.2k
11
Operation Thor
52 arrested, fireworks and drugs seized, in giant public crime crackdown in Kilkenny and Carlow
19 Oct 2016
25.0k
31
Customs
Over €4 million worth of drugs found in routine search of vehicle
18 Oct 2016
21.6k
20
top dog
Detector dog Casey helps seize 900,000 cigarettes at Dublin Port
12 Oct 2016
11.0k
21
Berlin
117 prostitutes and 100 clients found in raid of brothel linked to Hell's Angels
15 Apr 2016
33.9k
17
White Christmas
Three biscuit tins full of cocaine were found by customs at Dublin Airport
11 Apr 2016
29.6k
53
illegal trade
18 pups found in car boot at Dublin Port, one fighting for his life
12 Jan 2016
26.3k
22
White Christmas
Large amount of cocaine intercepted at Dublin Port
24 Dec 2015
14.7k
15
liquid danger
War on fake Christmas: Gardaí have found a massive counterfeit vodka plant
2 Dec 2015
16.5k
46
Customs
60,000 bottles of counterfeit perfume destined for street markets seized
27 Nov 2015
12.8k
27
big bust
Why have Gardaí and Revenue still not destroyed nearly €500 million worth of drugs?
12 Sep 2015
42.3k
105
good boy
Clever customs dog finds 8 million cigarettes hidden in window frames
26 Aug 2015
16.9k
30
yoink
This boot full of booze and smokes was seized after a car got off the boat from Wales
24 Aug 2015
28.9k
28
Dangerous
Heard of 'Black Mount' and 'Jim's' cigarettes? They're available on the Irish black market...
11 Jun 2015
19.9k
21
war on terrier
Australia tells Johnny Depp's dogs to "b***er off" or be euthanised
14 May 2015
22.6k
40
Not so fast
X-ray scanner found cars, electronics and engines hidden in this truck
12 May 2015
17.5k
11
Pro-Choice
Customs seized 1,017 abortion pills last year
22 Apr 2015
23.1k
100
drugs are bad
It's been a BAD week for drug smugglers...
25 Mar 2015
11.6k
34
no papers
These are just some of the 116 puppies seized at Dublin Port
5 Feb 2015
42.0k
59
anda and esla
Caught cold: 20,000 fake Frozen dolls seized in Dublin
18 Dec 2014
20.6k
57
nose for booze
Harvey, Frankie and Ben sniff out spirits, beer and cash in big Revenue haul
15 Dec 2014
9.0k
12
not for children
Revenue stop 130,000 cigarettes marked "school goods" from hitting the market
8 Dec 2014
7.0k
17
Gotcha
2,000 pairs of fake Nike runners seized in Cork
2 Dec 2014
12.8k
53
caught rotten
Stella sniffs out cannabis in package of 'food and spices'
1 Dec 2014
10.3k
33
Seizure
€378,000 worth of cocaine found hidden in sweets at Dublin Airport
8 Nov 2014
15.9k
34
dodgy fuel
Complaints about petrol 'stretching' in Mayo force gardaí to act
5 Nov 2014
28.0k
73
Monaghan
Revenue busts oil laundering plant that could have cost State €10m a year
4 Nov 2014
12.1k
66
Caught
Man gets 3 months in jail after being caught cigarette smuggling at Dublin Airport yesterday
21 Aug 2014
17.8k
49
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