Overview

• Police arrested six suspects in raids across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Karjat following a March bust in Chembur.
• Investigators recovered 12.6 kg of mephedrone and raw materials worth Rs 1 crore from a Karjat farmhouse disguised as a goat-rearing unit.
• Authorities estimate the network produced about 25 kg of the drug weekly, totaling nearly 300 kg with a street value exceeding Rs 600 crore.
• The operation forms part of the Drug-Free Govandi Campaign, under which the Anti-Narcotics Cell has filed 75 cases and seized more than Rs 42 crore in contraband since January.
• Two key masterminds, a father-son duo, remain at large as police investigate their distribution network and financial transactions.