New Delhi, June 29 -- The Delhi Police's Operations Cell of the South-West District has busted a godown storing illicit cigarettes and arrested two men involved in its distribution.

The police recovered 94,000 packets of foreign cigarettes that did not carry the mandatory statutory health warnings or Maximum Retail Price (MRP) in violation of the COTPA Act.

The two accused were identified as Parikshit (22), the owner of the godown and a resident of Vasant Kunj, and PP Chengappa (40), a resident of Kodagu, Karnataka.

According to the official, the seizure was made during a special drive being conducted across the district against the supply of illicit liquor and tobacco products, aimed at making Delhi a tobacco- and drug-free district....