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Wed 12 Dec 2002Roscommon man freed in Greece on smuggling chargeA young Roscommon man has been freed from jail in Greece after his conviction for cigarette smuggling was overturned.Lorry-driver Mr Eamon Donnellan (23) of Culkeen, Cloonfad was jailed for three-and-a-half years in July after 176,000 packs of contraband cigarettes were found in his cargo when it was searched at the Greek port of Patras. Within three days Mr Donnellan had been found guilty and sent to jail in Athens.