Mumbai Police busts drug factory, seizes mephedrone worth Rs 195 cr

Mumbai Police on Saturday said that it has busted a drug factory and seized raw materials and mephedrone worth Rs 195 croreThe police said that as many as three people have been so far arrested in the case and further investigations were underwayAccording to the police Mumbai Policersquos Crime Branch busted the large mephedrone MD manufacturing unit and seized drugs and raw material worth an estimated Rs 195 croreThe operation was carried out by Crime Branch Unit7 following a detailed investigationInitial seizure in Mumbais Mulund areaThe case began on October 9 2025 when Crime Branch officials seized 136 grams of mephedrone from two persons in Mulund West Mumbai A case was registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS ActTrail led to Thane and PuneDuring further investigation police traced the source of the drug supply to accused persons living in the Ghodbunder Road area of Thane and in Pune Acting on their statements police formed two teams and arrested one accused from Ghodbunder Road and another from PuneMD manufacturing unit destroyedBased on information provided by the arrested accused police raided a mephedrone manufacturing factory The unit was demolished and the following items were seized75 kg of solid mephedrone MD 38 kg of liquid mephedrone and raw materials and equipment used for drug manufacturingThe total value of the seized contraband and materials is estimated at Rs 195 croreThree accused arrestedPolice arrested a total of three accused from the manufacturing site Further investigation is ongoing to identify other persons linked to the drug networkThe successful operation was carried out under the guidance of senior Mumbai Police officials and the operation was led by Senior Police Inspector Abaji Sawant of Crime Branch Unit7 along with his team said an officialCongress alleges Maharashtra govt hiding details of Satara drug raidMeanwhile the Maharashtra Congress leaders have accused the state government of keeping details of a recent mephedrone manufacturing unit raid in Satara district under wraps reported the PTIState Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two drug traffickers on December 9 who revealed that they sourced mephedrone from a Punebased man who was later arrested from Pimpri Chinchwad with two kilograms of the banned drugAccording to Sapkal the accused held from Pune admitted to producing mephedrone at Savari village in Jaoli taluka Satara Police subsequently raided a makeshift unit in a cattle shed Sapkal claimed that the food for workers was supplied from a lodge owned by a Shiv Sena corporator from Thane as per the PTIThe Congress demanded transparency from the home department They also alleged that the scale of the operation is being downplayed as around 43 people were reportedly employed at the unit the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs