Overview

• Tulinj Police raided a clandestine mephedrone lab in a residential apartment in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara East, seizing raw materials worth ₹5.6 crore.
• Rita Fati Kurebewei, a 26-year-old Nigerian woman, was arrested and booked under multiple provisions of the NDPS Act for manufacturing synthetic drugs.
• Kurebewei was found residing in India without a valid visa, adding immigration violations to the charges against her.
• Her alleged accomplice, Henryuchenna Uwakwe, escaped during the raid and remains at large, with police actively working to locate him.
• The operation is part of a broader anti-drug campaign by the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate aimed at disrupting synthetic drug networks in the region.