The seizure was made on February 25 when officers stopped a trailer that had arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk in France.
Inside, officers discovered approximately 24,500 litres of beer with a retail value estimated at more than €97,000 and representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €45,700 in unpaid duties and taxes.
The seizure included a wide range of well-known beer brands such as Desperados, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Stella, San Miguel and Karpackie among others. There is no sugggestion the producers had any awareness the beer was being shipped here.
Revenue said the alcohol was detected during routine profiling operations aimed at identifying alcohol products that may be diverted onto the market without payment of tax due.
Officials said the alcohol and the trailer transporting it were both seized following the discovery. Investigations into the case are ongoing.
The Rosslare operation forms part of wider enforcement activity by Revenue targeting smuggling and activity in the shadow economy.
Separate operations carried out across the country in the week commencing February 16 have also uncovered a range of contraband worth more than €135,000, including drugs, tobacco, alcohol and counterfeit good.
Revenue said the seizures took place during a week of intelligence-led and risk-profiling operations in Dublin, Kilkenny, the midlands and Rosslare Europort.
Among the items caught were 4.7kg of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of over €94,000 and 2.kg of cannabis resin valued at more than €14,000.
Revenue officers also seized 1,698 assorted tablets with an estimated value exceeding €4,000, along with other illicit drugs valued at more than €6,000.
Revenue said many of the drug detections came from parcels identified through risk profiling.
These shipments originated in countries such as Canada, USA, Thailand, Spain and France and were set to be delivered to addresses across Ireland.
Over the same week, officers seized tobacco products valued at €9,345, representing a potential tax loss of more than €7,000, as well as over 84 litres of alcohol valued at €1,485.
In addition, 23 counterfeit items worth more than €7,000 were confiscated after rights holders confirmed they breached intellectual property protections.
The seized goods included items linked to brands such as Canada Goose, Chanel, Dior, Timberland and Ugg.
Revenue said investigations are ongoing into all of the seizures and urged businesses or members of the public with information relating to smuggling to contact its confidential reporting line.
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