Mephedrone worth Rs 180 crore has been seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a raid at a factory in Vapi industrial area of Gujarat’s Valsad district, officials said.
Based on a tip-off that banned drugs were being manufactured at Prime Polymer Industries situated in Vapi’s Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) area, the DRI conducted a raid on Sunday and seized 121.75 kg of mephedrone in liquid form, a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release said.
The firm’s owner, Raju Singh, accountant Keyur Patel and worker Kundan Yadav were arrested under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.