Overview
- In the Mumbai region, the MBVV Crime Branch said it dismantled a mephedrone manufacturing network, seizing 6.7 kg of the synthetic stimulant, about 255 litres of precursor chemicals and lab gear valued at Rs 13.65 crore, and arresting 13 suspects across Malvani and Gorai after an April 4 Mira Road lead.
- Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell expanded a heroin probe following Sunday’s Versova raid that netted 765 grams worth about Rs 3.8–4 crore, arresting two couriers from Uttarakhand linked to a north India syndicate and tying the haul to an earlier 508-gram seizure in Santacruz.
- Jammu and Kashmir’s 100-day Nasha Mukt drive reported 614–616 FIRs, 646 arrests and 37 house sealings or demolitions tied to alleged peddlers, with fresh actions in Baramulla and Sopore that included property demolition and poppy crop destruction.
- Pune’s Wagholi police arrested eight in an MD supply ring and seized drugs and assets worth Rs 1.16 crore, while Mysuru officers pursued a suspected kingpin after a 48-kg synthetic drug and precursor haul from a farmhouse.
- Police in Cachar, Assam, reported two heroin interceptions totaling about 565 grams and two arrests, and Hyderabad’s narcotics wing detained one alleged peddler and three consumers with small MDMA and hashish quantities, underscoring both interstate smuggling and local party-circuit demand.