Overview
- A joint raid by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Uttar Pradesh Anti‑Terrorist Squad on October 29 uncovered a clandestine mephedrone manufacturing unit in Orai, Jalaun, and led to the arrest of two men who were remanded to 14 days' judicial custody.
- Officials recovered a total of 1,102.88 kg of material from the lab and follow-up searches, including 15.44 kg of finished mephedrone, about 184 kg of semi‑processed drug and roughly 582 kg of precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment.
- Separate DRI operations along transit routes seized 3.01 kg of amphetamine from a Delhi–Bengaluru bus and 50 kg of methamphetamine in Assam and Mizoram, with preliminary probes pointing to smuggling links from Myanmar.
- Thane and Navi Mumbai police arrested several foreign nationals in mid‑late October and seized multi‑kilogram consignments of mephedrone and cocaine, prompting checks on foreign tenants and tighter local compliance measures.
- Investigations have moved from immediate seizures to mapping the supply chain, with agencies now tracing chemical suppliers, financiers and distribution networks while financial probes and property checks aim to cut off funding and facilitation channels.