India, Dec. 28 -- In a major interstate crackdown on synthetic drugs, the Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has dismantled three mephedrone (MD) manufacturing units in Bengaluru, Karnataka, seizing narcotics and raw materials worth Rs.55.88 crore. So far, four suspects have been arrested, while police are searching for two key absconding individuals.

The operation began on December 21, 2025, when the ANTF's Konkan unit raided a site near the old bus depot on the Pune-Mumbai highway in Vashi village, Navi Mumbai.

Abdul Qadar Rashid Sheikh was arrested, and 1.488 kg of MD worth Rs.1.48 crore was seized. A case was registered at Vashi police station under the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate.

Subsequent interrogation and tech...