Revenue seize drugs worth over €276,000 in Athlone

Revenue seize drugs worth over €276,000 in Athlone As a result of routine operations on Thursday (18/08/2022) and Friday (19/08/2022), Revenue officers examining parcels at a premises in Athlone seized over 13kgs of herbal cannabis and a small amount of ecstasy.   The illegal drugs, with a combined estimated value of more than €276,000, were […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €140,000 in Dublin

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €140,000 in Dublin Following on from the seizure of a similar quantity of herbal cannabis reported yesterday (18/08/2022), Revenue officers examining parcels at the same premises in Dublin today (19/08/2022), seized a further 7 kilograms of the illegal drug with an estimated value of €140,000. The drugs were discovered as […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €140,000 in Dublin

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €140,000 in Dublin Today (18/08/2022), as a result of routine operations and with the assistance of detector dog Waffle, Revenue officers examining parcels at a premises in Dublin seized 7kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €140,000. The illegal drugs were discovered concealed in 7 parcels that originated […]

Revenue seize MDMA worth €82,000 in Kildare

Revenue seize MDMA worth €82,000 in Kildare Yesterday (16/08/2022), as part of an intelligence led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 1.37 kilograms of MDMA with an estimated value of €82,000 following the search, under warrant, of a residential premises in the Athy area of County Kildare. The seizure was made as a result of a […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth over €230,000 in Athlone

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth over €230,000 in Athlone As a result of routine operations on Monday (15/08/2022) and Tuesday (16/08/2022), Revenue officers examining parcels at a premises in Athlone seized 11.6 kilograms of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €232,000. The illegal drugs were discovered concealed in 3 parcels that originated in Spain […]

Revenue seize MDMA worth €114,000 in Dublin

Revenue seize MDMA worth €114,000 in Dublin Yesterday (15 August 2022), as part of an intelligence led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 1.9 Kilograms of MDMA with an estimated value of €114,000 following the search, under warrant, of a commercial premises in the Dublin 1 area. The seizure was made as a result of a […]

Revenue eBrief No. 160/22 – Health and Well-being related Benefits

Revenue eBrief No. 160/22 11 August 2022 Health and Well-being related Benefits A new Tax and Duty Manual, Part 05-01-01n has been created to set out the tax treatment of a number of health and well-being related benefits including the provision of: a qualifying medical check-up, access to healthcare; COVID-19 testing; and a flu vaccination.  Previously, Revenue did […]

Revenue seize 'roll your own' tobacco worth €1.7 million in Meath

Revenue seize ‘roll your own’ tobacco worth €1.7 million in Meath Today (10/08/2022), as a result of routine operations, Revenue officers seized 2,500kgs of ‘roll your own’ tobacco, from a commercial premises in County Meath.  The illicit tobacco, branded ‘Flandria Virginia’, originated in the Netherlands and has an estimated retail value of over €1.7 million, representing a […]