The Anti Narcotic Cell of Thane crime branch has busted a factory manufacturing mephedrone (MD) drug across the state. The police had overall arrested eight accused and have said to have broken a drugs syndicate involving a local peddler, supplier and manufacturer. The police said the manufacturer the main accused had established a factory in a farmhouse in Pen, Raigad. They also set up another manufacturing unit in the Taloja MIDC area which is also busted by the police. 

The police had overall seized drugs including MD (mephedrone) and Hashish worth Rs 55.73 lakh, manufacturing material and chemicals worth Rs 59,000 and vehicles and other things.