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Mysuru: A team of personnel of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from Delhi conducted a raid on a factory, in the Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysuru, on Wednesday.
Bishnoi Ganapath, reportedly running the factory, has been arrested.
Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar said, “It was just a follow up case. No contraband has been found, and no drug-related raw materials were seized. It is a phenyl factory, and materials related to detergents, such as caustic soda and salt, have been recovered.”
She added, "Since an accused arrested in a case in Ahmedabad was a relative of the owner of this Phenyl factory in Mysuru, out of suspicion, two officials from outside conducted raid along with city police."
This unit is said to be located in a small shed on the first floor of a factory, at Site No Q-143, 8th Main, Hebbal Industrial Area of Mysuru. Boregowda is said to have built the building in a land allotted by KIADB and had given it to Ganapath for a rent of Rs 46,000 per month. Ganapath had installed machinery and the factory was reportedly yet to begin functioning.
Seema Latkar and Hebbal Police Station personnel rushed to the spot and joined the NCB officials in the procedures.
It can be recalled that Mumbai Police, along with Mysuru City Police, conducted a raid (based on a tip-off availed in Mumbai) on an MDMA production unit at Unnathi Nagar near Mysuru Ring Road in July last year. The city police have intensified a drive against NDPS, since then.