Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Directorate of Audit, Intelligence and Investigation, VAT, has seized 316,400 sticks of illegally imported foreign cigarettes from two residential buildings in Mohammadpur.

Two preventive teams of the directorate conducted simultaneous raids at two warehouses in residential buildings at PC Culture Housing in Shyamoli and Joint Quarter in Mohammadpur on Wednesday.

With the assistance of the building guards and owners, the teams identified the warehouses and broke open the locks after failing to obtain the keys, according to a press release.

A large quantity of foreign cigarettes was found stored in sacks inside the warehouses.

According to the VAT intelligence directorate, the seized cigarettes included 202,200 s...