Mumbai: Two more held in Rs 267 cr drug racket; godown turned 'cooking lab' in December

Two individuals, a supplier and a technician, have been arrested in Nashik in connection with a ₹267 crore mephedrone (MD) racket. The drug manufacturing unit, owned by the brother of a fugitive drug cartel kingpin, had been operating since December 2022 and was supplying mephedrone to Mumbai, Thane, Pune, and Nashik. The unit owner, Bhushan Patil, was arrested earlier this month, and a total of 14 people have been arrested in the case so far. The drug haul seized by the Saki Naka police is the largest in their history.