Mumbai, April 9 -- In a crackdown on narcotics manufacturing, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine factory producing Mephedrone in Latur district of Maharashtra and arrested a total of seven people including a police constable, said a police statement.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, DRI officials raided the facility in the early hours of April 8 in the remote hilly region of Rohina Village and arrested five people.

During the operation, DRI personnel recovered a total of 11.36 kilograms of Mephedrone -8.44 kg in dry form and 2.92 kg in liquid form. The estimated value of the seized Mephedrone in the illicit market is pegged at approximately Rs 17 crore.

Additionally, a significant quantity of ...