Maharashtra's Mira-Bhayandar Crime Branch busts MD drug chemical factory in Telangana, 44.699 kg precursor seized

The MiraBhayandar VasaiVirar Crime Branch has dismantled an illegal chemical manufacturing unit in Telangana that was allegedly producing a precursor used in the manufacture of mephedrone MD extending its crackdown on an interstate narcotics network beyond MaharashtraFactory raided in TelanganaThe Crime Branchrsquos Unit 4 raided the factory in the Pashamylaram Industrial Development Area IDA Patancheru in Sangareddy district on October 21 and arrested an accused identified as Ramesh Babu SakePolice seized 44699 kg of 2Bromo4Methylpropiophenone valued at Rs 2706 lakh along with other chemicals and laboratory equipment allegedly used to manufacture the substanceProbe began with MD seizure in NalasoparaAccording to the police the investigation originated from a case registered at Tulinj Police Station after two men were allegedly found in possession of 112 grams of MD worth Rs 336 lakh in Nalasopara East on June 24 2026The accused Avinash alias Sonu Loknath Iyer 22 and Ravikant Omprakash Ram 23 both residents of Pragati Nagar were allegedly carrying the drug for saleFollowing the registration of the case the investigation was transferred to Crime Branch Unit 4 During the probe investigators allegedly uncovered a wider network involved in MD manufacturing the procurement of precursor chemicals and laboratory equipment drug transportation and peddling as well as financial transactionsTwo alleged manufacturing units dismantled earlierPolice said they had earlier arrested 19 accused and dismantled two alleged illegal MD manufacturing facilities mdash one on agricultural land in Sandhan village in Gujaratrsquos Kutch district and another in Kosada Kala Meja tehsil in Uttar Pradeshrsquos Prayagraj districtAccording to the police these operations led to the seizure of a total of 69871 kg of MD cash 260 litres of chemicals and laboratory equipment allegedly required to manufacture the drugMultiple arrests across statesAs the investigation progressed police arrested additional suspects allegedly linked to the network They include Murtuja Mohammadbhai Patrawala alias Monto alias Hasnain Bhopali 36 from Shahada in Nandurbar Shubham Vinod More 23 from Malkapur in Buldhana Salim alias Salimbhai Ismail alias Ismail Dola 61 from Ghodapdev Cotton Green Mumbai Sabir Mohammad Devlekar alias King Memon alias Sabir Ali 42 from Vile Parle Mumbai and Mohammad Tehrim Abdul Rais Siddiqui 37 from Kanpur Uttar PradeshPolice also arrested another accused in connection with the alleged possession of 2Bromo4Methylpropiophenone a controlled precursor chemical used in MD manufactureActing on further intelligence Crime Branch Unit 4 traced the alleged precursormanufacturing operation to Pashamylaram in Telangana On October 21 a team raided the premises and arrested Sake a resident of the MedchalMalkajgiri area of HyderabadThe factory was subsequently dismantled and the chemical seizure was made with assistance from Patancheru Police under the Cyberabad Police CommissionerateTotal arrests reach 25With these arrests the total number of accused arrested in the case has reached 25 police said The suspects are allegedly linked to different stages of the drug supply chain from precursorchemical production and procurement to drug manufacturing transportation distribution and financial transactionsThe investigation spans several locations across Maharashtra Gujarat Uttar Pradesh and Telangana highlighting the interstate reach of the alleged networkThe operation was conducted under the supervision of MiraBhayandar VasaiVirar Police Commissioner Niket Kaushik Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Shintre and Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Sandeep DoiphodeThe investigation team was led by Senior Police Inspector Nitin Patil and Unit 4 incharge Pramod Badakh along with other Crime Branch personnel