New Delhi, June 30 -- In a major crackdown on the illicit cigarette trade, the Delhi Police's Operations Cell in South West District has busted a godown storing banned tobacco products and arrested two men involved in its distribution, an official statement said.

A total of 94,000 packets of foreign cigarettes lacking the mandatory health warnings and MRP as required under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) were seized during the raid.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Parikshit (22), the owner of the godown and a resident of Vasant Kunj, and PP Chengappa (40), a resident of Kodagu district in Karnataka, the release added.

Acting on specific intelligence, the police team raided a basement godown locate...