The operation, conducted on December 7 and 8, 2025, resulted in the seizure of 128 kg of mephedrone, worth approximately Rs. 192 crore, along with 245 kg of precursor chemicals, raw materials, and a complete drug-processing setup
The crackdown was part of DRI's 'Operation Hinterland Brew', officials said. Pic/DRI
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday said that it has busted an illegal mephedrone manufacturing facility in Wardha district of Maharashtra during a special operation.
The crackdown was part of DRI's 'Operation Hinterland Brew', officials said.
The operation, conducted on December 7 and 8, 2025, resulted in the seizure of 128 kg of mephedrone, worth approximately Rs. 192 crore, along with 245 kg of precursor chemicals, raw materials, and a complete drug-processing setup.
The DRI officers acted on specific intelligence and carried out discreet surveillance before raiding a remote area in Karanja (Ghadge), about 60 km from Wardha. The factory was hidden in dense shrubland and operated from a temporary, modular structure, designed to evade detection.
Officers recovered a fully functional drug-processing setup, including makeshift reactors and vessels used to manufacture mephedrone, an official statement said.
It said that three suspects, including the mastermind, who also financed and chemically supervised the operation, were arrested along with two associates. All three were actively involved in the manufacturing and distribution network of mephedrone and face charges under the NDPS Act, 1985.
This is the fifth clandestine drug factory dismantled by the DRI this year, the statement said.
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