Gujarat: Lab making banned party drug busted in Bharuch, 3 held

BHARUCH/SURAT: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Bharuch police on Wednesday raided an illegal drug laboratory which was being run under the guise of a poultry farm located in the interiors of Jambusar taluka and seized banned ephedrine drug along with various chemicals that are used for formulating it.
“Ephedrine drug is banned in India still it is mostly used in rave parties.After receiving a tip-off, we kept a watch on Bhavya Raj Poultry farm located at Sigam village in Jambusar taluka, around 50 kms from Bharuch,” Kanaksinh D Mandora, police inspector, SOG, said.
“On Wednesday we raided the farm. During the search we found various chemicals like hydrochloric Acid, sodium chloride, soda ash, bromine, mephedrone, tolvin and monomethyl ether. All these chemicals are used to produce ephedrine drugs. We have seized 4 liters in liquid form and 730 grams of powder of ephedrine drug worth Rs 9.46 lakh. One Honda Civic car and three mobile phones were also seized,” he added.
The cops have arrested three accused — Omprakash Ramlal Sakaria, Amansing Narendrasing, both residents of Ankleshwar and Nitesh Rampraksh Pandey, a resident of Nala Sopara in Mumbai. While Sakaria hails from Rajasthan’s Pali, both Amansing and Pandey hail from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The fourth accused Bhavdipsinh Yadav, a resident of Sigam village, who was financing the laboratory is on the run, informed Mandora.
Rajendrasinh Chudasama, superintendent of police, Bharuch said the cops were carrying out many operations to bust the drug cartel.
“We succeeded in busting a gang that was formulating ephedrine by blending several chemicals in an illegal laboratory set up at a poultry farm in the interior part of the district. Further investigations are on to identify the drug network in the district as well as state,” Chudasama said.