Lucknow: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an illegal synthetic drug manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district, seizing around 1,100 kg of drugs and precursor chemicals and arresting two persons.
The operation was carried out on October 29 with assistance from the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), following specific intelligence inputs.
A search of the facility led to the recovery of 184 kg of semi-prepared drugs, 582 kg of precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment.
Follow-up searches at the accused persons’ residences resulted in the seizure of 15.4 kg of finished methaqualone, 153 kg of chemicals and a manufacturing machine. Another 168 kg of precursor chemicals was recovered from a separate premises.
The two accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
