Overview
- Officers recovered 9.55 kg of finished Alprazolam, 104.15 kg in semi-finished form, and 431 kg of precursor chemicals during the raid.
- Four suspects were arrested, including two alleged financiers, a production worker, and a recipient who had traveled from Telangana to collect the consignment.
- The clandestine facility sat off State Highway 701 in Valsad and housed reactors, a centrifuge, and industrial refrigeration, indicating large-scale manufacture.
- DRI valued the seized stock at about Rs 22 crore and said investigations are underway to trace the broader network and supply chain.
- Preliminary findings point to supply into Telangana, potentially for mixing in toddy, echoing an August bust in Andhra Pradesh that seized 119.4 kg.