MBVV Police uncover illegal drug manufacturing unit in Zahirabad

A probe into an MD drug network by MBVV Police led to the busting of an illegal manufacturing unit in Telangana's Zahirabad. Police seized drugs, chemicals and raw materials worth Rs 20.72 crore in total and arrested 18 accused

Hyderabad: A probe by the Mira Bhayandar, Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police into an MD drug network has led to the busting of an illegal MD drug manufacturing unit in Zahirabad, Telangana. The total seizures in the case so far amount to Rs 20.72 crore, with 18 persons arrested, officials said on Tuesday.

MBVV Police Commissioner Niket Kaushik said the Crime Detection Branch raided a house in the Mira Road area of Thane district on April 4, leading to the seizure of 1.324 kg of MD drug valued at Rs 2.66 crore.

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A case was registered against Firdos Arbaaz Qureshi and her husband, Arbaaz Qureshi, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A police officer said drugs, chemicals and laboratory equipment collectively valued at Rs 13.65 crore were recovered from the Mira Road, Agripada, Malvani and Manori areas of Thane and Mumbai.

He said the arrest of Sandeep Veeraswamy Naidu from Khalapur in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, and Nasir alias Baya Janimiya Rokh and Mehmood Mehbooch Khan from Hyderabad, led police to a factory located on a two-acre farmhouse at Pichargadi Tanda in Zahirabad of Sangareddy district.

“When we busted the factory in Telangana, we seized 3 kg of MD, 2,293 litres of chemicals, including chloroform, acetone, monomethylamine, hydrochloric acid, 2-Bromo, and raw material worth Rs 6.22 crore,” ACP (Crime) Madan Ballal said.

A total of 18 accused have been arrested so far in the case and further investigation is underway.