India, Aug. 18 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence from Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Kakinada executed a swift and well-coordinated operation resulting in seizure of 119.4 kg Alprazolam in lumpy form, valued at approximately Rs. 23.88 crore in the illicit market, along with 87.8 kg in-process material. The DRI officials also apprehended eight persons involved in illegal manufacturing and distribution of Alprazolam, including the master-mind, chemists, financiers and the buyers at the same place.
After developing a specific intelligence that a few persons were clandestinely manufacturing 'Alprazolam' - a psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act, 1985...