Gardaí arrested two men on Friday after seizing cigarettes and packets of tobacco worth €38,000 in Dublin.
Gardaí stopped two men (aged 28 and 37) in a car on Western Way in Dublin on March 20th and found them to be carrying €500 worth of cannabis.
During a follow-up search of two separate properties in the Dublin area, 60,000 cigarettes and 800 packets of tobacco were found.
The men were taken to Store Street Garda Station where they were detained under the provisions of section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
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They were later released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, according to gardaí.