In a joint two-day operation on July 22-23, the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB), together with the Rajasthan and Maharashtra Police, busted an interstate drug syndicate concerned within the manufacture of artificial medicine, together with Mephedrone and Ketamine.
The operation started with a breakthrough by the Barmer district police, who found a clandestine drug manufacturing facility in a buffalo barn positioned within the secluded village of Dholakia, Rajasthan.
The raid revealed massive portions of precursor chemical compounds equivalent to chloroform, ammonium chloride, propylene chloride, toluene, and bromine, together with lab gear used to fabricate Mephedrone.
Police detained two members of the syndicate on the Dholakia facility. Their interrogation, carried out with help from NCB Jodhpur, led to the identification of one other confederate based mostly in Raigad, Maharashtra. This particular person had allegedly procured and transported the chemical compounds and gear to arrange the unlawful lab in Barmer.
Appearing on the knowledge, NCB shared the small print with Raigad Police, who detained the Raigad-based suspect. Throughout questioning, he revealed his previous affiliation with M/s Rohan Chemical substances, a now-shuttered manufacturing unit in Raigad.
A subsequent search of the Rohan Chemical substances premises by NCB Mumbai and Raigad district police led to the restoration of roughly 34 kilograms of Ketamine in powder type and 12 litres of Ketamine in liquid type. Authorities additionally discovered a big inventory of precursor chemical compounds and laboratory gear. Proof means that the closed manufacturing unit was being covertly used to fabricate Ketamine.
Additional investigation has revealed the involvement of a mastermind beforehand implicated in drug trafficking instances dealt with by each the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) and the NCB.
The success of the operation was made potential by means of “real-time sharing of data and coordinated operations by Barmer Police, Raigad Police and NCB Zones at Jodhpur, Ahmedabad and Mumbai,” enabling authorities to dismantle the community over the course of two days.
Investigations are ongoing beneath the jurisdiction of Barmer and Raigad district police.
Earlier, NCB Jodhpur had additionally busted an identical clandestine lab in Sri Ganganagar, recovering 5 kilograms of Mephedrone and precursor chemical compounds. Notably, the accused in that case included physics and chemistry academics.
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