New Delhi, Nov 15, 2025

Five persons were arrested and chemicals worth crores of rupees were seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Rajasthan Police in a joint operation to bust a clandestine lab in a remote village in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, an official said on Saturday.

The seizure was sufficient to manufacture about 100 kgs of Mephedrone, which could be sold for up to Rs 40 crore, said the official in a statement.

The mastermind and four others have been arrested for running the lab to make Mephedrone, which is being increasingly used as a psychotropic drug in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, it said.

The Sirohi Police, Rajasthan, found drums and packets containing chemicals along with lab equipment in a remote farmhouse at Daantrai Village in D

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