Ahmedabad: In a biggest operation in Gujarat against the sale of illegal drugs, the team of Ahmedabad Narcotics Control Bureau raided the drug manufacturing unit and arrested 2 accused with a quantity of 4.5 kg MD drugs. The raid in Dungri village of Valsad district lasted for 20 hours. A team from the Narcotics Control Bureau also found Rs 85 lakh in cash during the raid.
The drugs manufactured at the unit were being supplied to different parts of Gujarat and the country, a release by the NCB's Ahmedabad unit stated. The NCB had been keeping a watch on the cartel for the last few days and conducted raids that lasted for around 20 hours on Tuesday, the official said.
The two accused were caught red-handed while delivering of the contraband at a residential area of Vapi, he said, adding that the NCB officials seized 4.5 kg of mephedrone (MD) from the duo and recovered unaccounted cash of Rs 85 lakh during raids at different premises belonging to them.
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Prakash Patel, a chemist from Valsad, manufactured mephedrone at the unit, and Sonu Ramniwas, a native Haryana, was involved in marketing of the drug, the official said. The NCB, in its release, stated that the case is significant, as a manufacturing unit, a first-of-its-kind in Gujarat, has been busted and it also involves recovery of a huge haul of cash and MD in such a large quantity. Further probe is underway in the matter, the official said, adding that the NCB will look into the links of the illegal drug network.
(PTI)
