India, June 11 -- A 43-year-old MSc Chemistry graduate was arrested on Tuesday for manufacturing mephedrone at a chemical factory in Boisar, where he was employed.

The accused, Vijay Katke, a MSc Chemistry graduate, was employed at the factory as a chemical engineer. On a weekend when there were no workers in the factory, he experimented with producing mephedrone and was successful. He then began manufacturing the drug regularly on weekends, said a police officer. On Tuesday, the police raided the factory and seized mephedrone worth Rs.11.2 lakh.

The act came into light last week when the police caught Farhan Khan, a Jogeshwari resident, with 71 grams of mephedrone worth Rs.2.8 lakh and arrested him. On being questioned, Khan told the p...