Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 225 kg MDMA valued at Rs 1,125 crore in the international market from a Savli-based factory in Vadodara.
Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, ATS Superintendent of Police Sunil Joshi said, "For the last six months, we were working on information about drug manufacturing and processing in a factory in Savli. We had picked up one Mahesh Vaishnav from Surat and Dinesh Dhruv in this connection and during questioning, they revealed that the drugs are stocked in the Savli factory."
Earlier, both were arrested under the NDPS act, Mahesh was arrested by Customs sleuths in Bhavnagar and Dinesh Dhruv by DRI. Both were jailed. After completing their jail terms, the duo again started a drug racket in 2022. Police have also rounded up four more persons for the alleged connections to the drugs racket.