New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Police here have busted a gang allegedly involved in supplying counterfeit cigarettes and seized around 2.4 lakh cigarette sticks, an official said on Monday.

Four men, identified as Parveen Singh (32), Puneet Gupta (35), Pawan Gupta (29) and Dilip Yadav (21) have been arrested, he said.

The police conducted the raid in West Delhi's Nilothi Extension area on October 9. During the operation, two suspects, Pawan Gupta and Pawan Yadav, were caught with a tempo loaded with 14 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes, around 1.6 lakh sticks, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vikram Singh said.

“The counterfeit nature of the cigarettes was confirmed on the spot by a representative of ITC Limited,” the DCP said in a statement.

Based on questioning, two more accused -- Par

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