<p>Mumbai: In a major intelligence-based crackdown against narcotics trade, the Mumbai Police has busted a mephedrone drug manufacturing racket by uncovering a clandestine factory hidden behind a garage in Karnataka's Mysuru and seized contraband to the tune of Rs 390 crore. </p><p>Four accused have been arrested in connection with the case.</p><p>The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Saki Naka police station of Mumbai was able to make the drug bust in a closely coordinated effort with the Mysuru City police.</p><p>“The successful seizure of Rs 390 crore worth Mephedrone from Mysuru is a significant milestone in our continued efforts to eliminate drugs from their very source,” Mumbai Police chief Deven Bharti said on Tuesday while congratulating the team that carried out the operation.</p><p>The action was taken under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. </p><p>The team seized 187.97 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 381.96 crore from the factory. Earlier, in the same investigation, 4 kg of the drug valued at Rs 8.04 crore had been recovered from Kaman village, Vasai. </p><p>The total seizure now stands at 192.53 kg of mephedrone, valued at an estimate of Rs 390 crore.</p>.Drug party probe: 'Blood report of ex-minister's son-in-law confirms consumption of liquor'.<p>The raid also led to the recovery of various equipment and chemicals used in the drug production process.</p><p>The unit was a key supplier in Mumbai’s MD racket, and was exposed due to a lead from a drug peddler in Vasai in the Palghar district. </p><p>The investigation began in April, when a person attempting to sell mephedrone within the Saki Naka police station limits was arrested.</p><p>Thereafter, the Saki Naka police arrested three people who were selling drugs in the Kaman area of Vasai East.</p><p>After police pieced together the network, on July 25, one of the key conduits, Salim Imtiaz Sheikh alias Salim Langda (45), a resident of Rahul Nagar, Bandra West, revealed during interrogation that he had sourced MD from Mysuru. </p><p>Based on this input, a police team conducted a technical analysis and surveillance, eventually tracing the manufacturing unit near Mysuru.</p><p>“A team was formed which was sent to Karnataka. They raided the factory situated behind a garage in the Ring Road area of Mysuru City and seized MD drugs, raw materials, chemicals, equipment and machines,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone X) Dutta Nalawade. </p>
<p>Mumbai: In a major intelligence-based crackdown against narcotics trade, the Mumbai Police has busted a mephedrone drug manufacturing racket by uncovering a clandestine factory hidden behind a garage in Karnataka's Mysuru and seized contraband to the tune of Rs 390 crore. </p><p>Four accused have been arrested in connection with the case.</p><p>The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Saki Naka police station of Mumbai was able to make the drug bust in a closely coordinated effort with the Mysuru City police.</p><p>“The successful seizure of Rs 390 crore worth Mephedrone from Mysuru is a significant milestone in our continued efforts to eliminate drugs from their very source,” Mumbai Police chief Deven Bharti said on Tuesday while congratulating the team that carried out the operation.</p><p>The action was taken under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. </p><p>The team seized 187.97 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 381.96 crore from the factory. Earlier, in the same investigation, 4 kg of the drug valued at Rs 8.04 crore had been recovered from Kaman village, Vasai. </p><p>The total seizure now stands at 192.53 kg of mephedrone, valued at an estimate of Rs 390 crore.</p>.Drug party probe: 'Blood report of ex-minister's son-in-law confirms consumption of liquor'.<p>The raid also led to the recovery of various equipment and chemicals used in the drug production process.</p><p>The unit was a key supplier in Mumbai’s MD racket, and was exposed due to a lead from a drug peddler in Vasai in the Palghar district. </p><p>The investigation began in April, when a person attempting to sell mephedrone within the Saki Naka police station limits was arrested.</p><p>Thereafter, the Saki Naka police arrested three people who were selling drugs in the Kaman area of Vasai East.</p><p>After police pieced together the network, on July 25, one of the key conduits, Salim Imtiaz Sheikh alias Salim Langda (45), a resident of Rahul Nagar, Bandra West, revealed during interrogation that he had sourced MD from Mysuru. </p><p>Based on this input, a police team conducted a technical analysis and surveillance, eventually tracing the manufacturing unit near Mysuru.</p><p>“A team was formed which was sent to Karnataka. They raided the factory situated behind a garage in the Ring Road area of Mysuru City and seized MD drugs, raw materials, chemicals, equipment and machines,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone X) Dutta Nalawade. </p>