From: Herald.ie
Illegal cigarettes seized at an open-air market could contain hazardous materials including asbestos, gardai have warned.
Elaine Keogh
The cigarettes were being sold at the Saturday morning market at Bolton Square in Drogheda, Co Louth.
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Inspector McGovern said that in Britain packets marked Jin Ling were analysed and found to contain asbestos.
“While we are in the process of getting these cigarettes analysed it is suspected they could contain hazardous material.
“It has been previously reported in the UK that these illegal cigarettes contained asbestos,” Inspector McGovern said.
