Police officials have also found that the arrested eight accused have a history of NDPS (drugs) cases. Further investigation is underway (Express Photo)The Mumbai Police have busted a mephedrone (MD) manufacturing racket in Mysore, Karnataka, and seized the drug worth Rs 381 crore. Police also arrested four members of the MD manufacturing and supplying racket.At a press conference on Monday, Mumbai Police said that the Sakinaka police in April this year had arrested three people and seized over four kilograms of MD and other raw materials totally worth Rs 8.04 crore from a place in Vasai, Palghar. One of the key accused of the racket, Salim Imtiyaz Shaikh, alias Salim Langda, has since been on the run.After constantly following leads on Shaikh, a Bandra (West) resident, the Sakinaka police team arrested him on July 25. During interrogation, Shaikh revealed that he had brought MD drugs from Mysore, Karnataka.A police team, with the help of other technical probes, discovered that an MD manufacturing unit was being operated from Mysore, Karnataka. A watch was kept on the factory and the information was verified.Mumbai police DCP Dutta Nalawade of Zone-10 said, “A team of Sakinaka police along with the local police on Sunday raided the said factory situated behind a garage on the service road of the Ring Road of Mysore city and seized MD drugs, raw material (chemicals), equipment and machines, etc., totally worth nearly Rs 382 crore. This included 187.97 kilograms of MD worth Rs 381 crore as per the estimated international price of MD.”Police also arrested four members of the racket linked to manufacturing of MD at the unit. The arrested accused have been charged under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.DCP Nalawde’s team included senior inspector Pramod Tawde, inspector Sanjay Shirsagar, API Dayanand Wanve, PSI Pankaj Pardeshi, and staff Shashikant Patil, Chandrakant Pawar, Nitin Khairmode, and Anil Kharade.Story continues below this adPolice probe has also revealed that among the four arrested, one is from Mumbai, two are from Gujarat and one is from Mysore.Another police officer said that the arrested accused have sound knowledge in chemistry and cooking mephedrone using raw material available in the pharmaceutical industry.Police officials have also found that the arrested eight accused have a history of NDPS (drugs) cases. Further investigation is underway.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd