THANE: A drug syndicate that was planning to set up a Mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit in Ratnagiri was busted by the Thane crime branch which arrested seven persons, including one absconding accused in the Rs 113-crore drug bust case of Yamunagar by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last year.
"The entire chain was busted after a team of anti-narcotics cell arrested two drug pushers—Jitendra Chavan and Sachin Chavan who were arrested for peddling 63 grams of Mephedrone powder worth Rs 2.52 lakh,"" said Ashok Morale, additional commissioner of police (crime).