Overview
- Central Bureau of Narcotics teams carried out coordinated raids between July 1 and 10 that led to the dismantling of a high-tech mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit in the Diggi/Bhosri area of Pune and the arrest of two accused.
- Investigators arrested an alleged mastermind in Ujjain during a July 3 operation and detained a second accused linked to a Jodhpur-based conspirator during simultaneous searches on July 9.
- Officials seized sophisticated machinery, glassware, laboratory equipment, large quantities of precursor chemicals, safety gear and other material used to produce mephedrone; all items have been confiscated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
- CBN said the probe grew from earlier intelligence-led seizures and follow-up searches that uncovered other clandestine labs, and that suspects in the syndicate moved across states using forged identity documents.
- The agency framed the bust as part of an intensified campaign this year that has registered 142 cases, led to 193 arrests and uncovered four clandestine drug labs, a trend that could lead to further interstate investigations and prosecutions.