Bharuch\/Surat, Oct 21 (PTI) More than 2 kilograms of mephedrone worth Rs 2.14 crore and another 427 kilograms of a suspected drug were seized from a factory and four persons were arrested in parallel operations in Gujarat’s Bharuch and Surat districts, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n
More than 2 kilograms of MD was seized from a four-wheeler near Velanja village in Surat on Sunday evening, resulting in the arrest of three persons, Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot said.<\/p>\n
Another team carried out an operation at Avasar Enterprise, a unit located in Ankleshwar GIDC, on Sunday night and seized a 427 kilogram consignment of a suspected drug, leading to the arrest of one person. The haul has been sent to a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for confirmation, a Surat Crime Branch release said.<\/p>\n
Four persons were arrested and contraband worth more than Rs 2 crore was seized in the twin operations of Surat and Bharuch police and two FIRs have been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it added.<\/p>\n
“On Sunday, Surat crime branch received intel that Vishal Patel was manufacturing MD drug at a factory named Avsar Enterprise located in Ankleshwar industrial area. Three persons connected to him were going to pass by a hotel in Velanja in a vehicle at around 6 pm with drug manufactured at the factory,” the release said.<\/p>\n
Acting in coordination with Bharuch district SOG and Surat rural SOG police, Surat crime branch formed two different for Ankleshwar and Surat, it said.<\/p>\n
“Montu Patel, Virat Patel and Vipul Patel were nabbed with 2.031 kg MD drug from Velanja on Sunday evening. In a parallel operation, Bharuch SOG and Surat crime branch nabbed Vishal Patel with 141 gram MD and 427 kg suspected drug from a factory at Ankleshwar,” it said.<\/p>\n
Two FIRs were registered, comprising one at Kamrej police station in Surat and another at Ankleshwar GIDC police station in Bharuch under the NDPS Act, the release said.<\/p>\n
Montu and Virat Patel possess the knowhow to manufacture drugs, and they were engaged by Vishal Patel to manufacture MD in his factory for supply to Mumbai, police said.<\/p>\n
They have confessed to supplying 2 kilograms of drugs to Mumbai two times in the past, as per police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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