New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) The Delhi Police has busted a cigarette-smuggling racket and seized a massive consignment of foreign-made prohibited cigarettes valued at around Rs 25.76 lakh, an official said on Monday. Police apprehended four people, including two women, from the Noida-Delhi border on Sunday.

“The accused were travelling in an SUV that was being used to smuggle the contraband from Guwahati to Delhi,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said.

He said a total of 9,420 packets containing 1,88,400 sticks of prohibited cigarettes of international brands were seized during the operation.