DRI busts Rs 55 crore mephedrone factory in Satara, five arrested
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News18•25-01-2026, 23:00
DRI busts Rs 55 crore mephedrone factory in Satara, five arrested
- •The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a mobile mephedrone manufacturing unit in Satara district, Maharashtra.
- •Officials seized mephedrone and raw materials worth approximately Rs 55 crore during 'Operation Sahyadri Checkmate'.
- •The unit, camouflaged as a poultry farm, was a fully operational laboratory for drug production and frequently shifted locations.
- •Five persons were arrested, including the manufacturer, financer-consigner, and the poultry farm owner, with two more nabbed in a follow-up operation.
- •Four of the arrested individuals have prior arrests under NDPS Act or prosecution under MCOCA.
Why It Matters: DRI dismantled a major mephedrone factory in Satara, seizing drugs worth Rs 55 crore and arresting five individuals.
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