Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 1 -- Inside an illegally built shed operated a drug factory with AC rooms, cellars & hi-tech equipment

At first glance, it looked like a nondescript car shed - its walls of corrugated metal sheets standing quietly beside Outer Ring Road service lane.

Two cars parked inside reinforced the illusion of a modest garage. But behind this ordinary facade lay a sprawling narcotics hub, meticulously concealed and shockingly sophisticated.

On July 26, in a coordinated strike, Maharashtra Police - backed by Mysuru Police - raided this very shed inside a vehicle garage along the Ring Road service lane at Belavatha and unearthed Mephedrone (commonly known as MD) drugs valued at an astounding Rs. 390 crore.

Four individuals were...