Hyderabad, Sept. 8 -- The Maharashtra police on Monday, September 7, said that in connection with the recent drug bust at a pharmaceutical factory in Telangana's Cherlapalli, which led to the seizure of drugs worth Rs 12,000 crore, they had been conducting extensive surveillance at the facility for over a month before the raid, with officers going undercover as drivers and daily-wage labourers.

The drug racket came to light with the arrest of a Bangladeshi woman on August 8. Previously, 10 people were arrested in connection with the case.

The police also seized 27 mobile phones, 3 four-wheelers, a two-wheeler, and 4 electric scales used by the accused.

Meanwhile, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) alleged ...