A Moldovan woman has been arrested after customs officials seized 28,000 cigarettes at Dublin Airport.

The dectector dog, Frankie, sniffed out the cigarettes during the routine searching of two passengers who arrived on a flight from Frankfurt yesterday.

The cigarettes, branded "Kent", are worth over 15 thousand euro and represent a nine thousand euro loss to the Exchequer.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested and remanded in custody at Dublin District Court this afternoon.

She's due in court again next Tuesday.