HMRC officers uncover tobacco processing plant

From: BBC

By Will Leitch

The first raw tobacco processing plant ever to be discovered in Northern Ireland has been raided by customs officers.

Five people, three of them foreign nationals, were arrested in counties Tyrone and Down.

Twelve tonnes of raw tobacco, two million cigarettes and £50,000 were also seized during the operation on Tuesday.

Police and customs officers searched nine addresses in Down, Tyrone and Armagh.

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