Almost 30,000 counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes were seized in early morning raids in Belfast today as the drive against the multi-million pound a year tobacco fraud continued

Customs officials in Northern Ireland are today investigating a major smuggling operation following the seizure of GBP5 million worth of cigarettes

Three men have been arrested after customs officers intercepted one of the largest ever international tobacco smuggling scams

Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF)

Thousands of litres of fuel have been seized after a filling station and a 'huckster' site in the north west were raided

Over £7 million of assets were seized last year by the law enforcement agencies

Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF), Rt Hon Paul Goggins MP, has launched a new Community Fund for Northern Ireland

Cocaine with a street value of over GBP1.5 million was seized by police in west Belfast today

Police have carried out searches as part of an illegal cigarette probe

One man has been arrested and 5,000 litres of a chemical, suspected to be methanol