India, Dec. 28 -- The Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has busted three illegal mephedrone (MD) manufacturing units operating from homes in Bengaluru and seized over 21kg of drugs worth more than Rs.55 crore. Four people have been arrested in the case, the police said.

According to the police, their operation began when the ANTF's Konkan unit arrested a suspected drug peddler in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. The accused, identified as Abdul Kadir Rashid Shaikh,was found loitering suspiciously near the old bus stop in Vashi village along the Mumbai-Pune Highway.

The police searched him and recovered 1.48 kg of mephedrone worth around Rs.1.48 crore. A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at...