Overview
- More than 80 officers raided Surjana village in Mandsaur, dismantling an operational MD/MDMA unit near the Gandhi Sagar backwaters.
- Two locals, Deepak Sikligar (32) and Sumit Sikligar (19), were arrested at the site under the NDPS Act.
- Seizures in Mandsaur included 102 g of MD, 12.61 kg of chemical mix, 3.54 kg of transparent liquid and 680 g of white powder, plus a centrifuge, gas cylinder and stove-furnace.
- In a separate Machalpur operation in Rajgarh, police recovered 266.9 kg of MD precursors hidden in drums near Adampura, valued at about Rs 5 crore.
- Officials estimate the Mandsaur haul of drugs, chemicals and equipment to be worth roughly Rs 10–13 crore, and say the bust is the second such case near Gandhi Sagar in under four months.