Updated On: 26 January, 2026 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Teams from the country's premier anti-smuggling agency carried out a raid and unearthed a fully operational laboratory, equipped for mephedrone production, camouflaged as a poultry farm. The unit was frequently shifting locations to evade detection

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) dismantled a mobile mephedrone manufacturing unit in Maharashtra's Satara district, seized drugs worth Rs 55 crore and arrested five persons, officials said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.
Acting on inputs, DRI officials conducted 'Operation Sahyadri Checkmate' on Friday in a remote village at Karad tahsil, an official said, reported PTI.