Mumbai, Sept. 7 -- A large-scale mephedrone(MD) manufacturing unit has been busted and raw material worth over hundreds of crores seized in Hyderabad by Mira Bhayandar -Vasai Virar Crime Branch , officers familiar with the matter said on Saturday, adding that the proprietor of the factory - a computer science graduate- and an associate of his were arrested.

The raid took place on Friday, police said, adding that the accused, Srinivas Vijay Murthy Voleti, 34, was allegedly running the factory in Cherlapally in Navodaya Colony along with an accomplice of his, Tanaji Pandharinath Patwari, and selling drugs to peddlers for distribution in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area (MMA). Their arrest was the latest development in an ongoing investigation,...