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Friday, April 29, 2011

NE is 'gateway' for tobacco smugglers

THE NORTHEAST of the State is “a gateway to the UK” for cigarette smugglers, according to the Irish tobacco manufacturers’ group.

Figures from the group show that of the 189 million cigarettes seized in the Republic and in Armagh in 2010, almost 70 million were found at locations in Louth and neighbouring Armagh.

The M1 motorway linking Dublin and Belfast runs through Louth, and the county also has three busy ports – Drogheda, Dundalk and Greenore.