Overview
- Under Operation Sahyadri Checkmate in Karad tehsil, officers found a clandestine unit that frequently shifted locations to avoid detection.
- Investigators seized 21.912 kg of mephedrone in liquid, semi-liquid and crystalline forms along with 71.5 kg of precursors capable of yielding about 15 kg more.
- Five suspects were arrested, including the chemist, the financer-consigner and the poultry farm owner, with two picked up later near an old octroi naka.
- Officials said four of those held are repeat offenders previously booked under the NDPS Act or prosecuted under MCOCA.
- The probe now focuses on identifying suppliers and distribution networks, with the bust marking the second drug unit raid in Satara in two months.