More than 8.4 million cigarettes have been seized at Dublin Port as a result of ongoing intelligence-led operations.

Revenue officers say the smuggled cigarettes were concealed behind pallets of frozen chicken in a refrigerated shipping container.

They arrived aboard a vessel from Rotterdam on Wednesday.

The ‘illicit white’ cigarettes, branded ‘Richmond’, have an estimated value of over €4.1m.

This represents a loss to the exchequer of €3.51m.

Officers say investigations are ongoing.