Revenue officers seize more than €100k of beer at Rosslare
More than €100,000 of beer has been seized at Rosslare Europort.
The officers seized more than 24,400 litres of beer when they stopped and searched a foreign-registered truck that had disembarked a ferry from France yesterday.
The driver, a man in his 50s, was questioned and both the trailer and the smuggled beer were seized.
The beer has a retail value of more than €108,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €58,900.
The investigation is ongoing.
Revenue have said that, since the start of 2018, more than 55,000 litres of alcohol have been seized by them in Rosslare Europort.
