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In a large crackdown connected synthetic cause manufacturing up of the New Year, the Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) busted 3 amerciable cause manufacturing units successful Bengaluru. Sources said synthetic drugs worthy crores were seized and 4 accused person been arrested.
The cognition was carried retired by the Konkan part of the Maharashtra ANTF pursuing the way of a caller cause seizure successful Mumbai.
Mumbai to Bengaluru
On December 21, the Maharashtra constabulary seized drugs worthy ₹1.5 crore successful Mumbai and arrested Abdul Khader Shaikh. His interrogation led to the apprehension of Prashant Yallappa Patil, a autochthonal of Belagavi, Karnataka.
Based connected Patil’s disclosure, ANTF teams conducted raids astatine 3 locations successful Bengaluru, uncovering alleged full-fledged synthetic cause factories operating nether the guise of an lawsuit absorption steadfast named “RJ Event”.
The cause units were located successful Horamavu, Yerapannahalli and Kannur. One of the factories was recovered operating from a shed built wrong a farm, strategically located successful a distant and isolated country to evade constabulary attention, sources said.
During the raids, the constabulary allegedly seized 4.1 kg of coagulated MD, 17 kg of liquid MD, totalling 21.4 kg of synthetic drugs. In addition, drug-manufacturing machinery, chemicals, and instrumentality were besides confiscated.
The accused person been identified arsenic Prashant Yallappa Patil (Belagavi), Suraj Ramesh Yadav (Rajasthan), Malkhan Ram Lal Bishnoi (Rajasthan) and 1 much associate.
Investigators fishy the drugs were being supplied to aggregate States crossed the country, with large-scale accumulation nether mode specifically for New Year celebrations.
The lawsuit has triggered superior questions astir Bengaluru Police’s quality failure, arsenic specified large-scale cause manufacturing units were operating wrong metropolis limits without detection.
This is the 2nd specified incidental of cause mill busted. A mephedrone (MD) cause manufacturing mill operating retired of a store was busted successful Mysuru successful July 2025 done a associated cognition by the Mumbai and Mysuru police, starring to 4 arrests and the seizure of drugs and earthy materials valued astatine astir ₹390 crore.
₹58 cr. assertion false: Minister
Taking beardown objection to the lapse connected the portion of the jurisdictional police, Home Minister G. Parameshwara ordered the City Police Commissioner to behaviour a probe and taxable a report.
However, Dr. Parameshwara said claims of a ₹58 crore seizure was acold from the truth. He clarified that based connected inputs from Maharashtra Police, a associated cognition involving Mumbai Police, Bengaluru City Police, the NCB and SOCO teams led to the apprehension of an accused successful Bengaluru, who was recovered successful possession of 4 kg of mephedrone chemical, valued astatine ₹1.2 crore.
He dismissed allegations that Bengaluru Police had failed to act, stating that associated inter-State operations are routinely conducted based connected shared intelligence. Claims astir 3 cause factories being unearthed were besides termed false.
The Home Minister warned that strict enactment would beryllium taken against immoderate serviceman — whether DCP, ACP oregon section officials — recovered liable for lapses. “Action volition not beryllium constricted to suspension alone,” helium said.
According to sources, the Home Minister made it wide that simply claiming seizures worthy “hundreds of crores” would not absolve officers of responsibility.
Bommai blames police
Meanwhile, erstwhile Chief Minister and elder BJP person Basavaraj Bommai alleged that the concern intelligibly indicates constabulary complicity. “When Maharashtra constabulary person to travel and bust a cause manufacturing portion successful Mysuru and drug-selling dens successful Bengaluru, it shows that constabulary present are colluding with cause traffickers,” helium alleged.
He claimed that drugs are freely disposable crossed the State, including wrong schoolhouse and assemblage limits successful Ranebennur and Haveri.
Warning of superior consequences, helium said, “Just arsenic determination was ‘Udta Punjab’, Karnataka is present heading towards becoming ‘Udta Karnataka’ if the authorities does not enactment immediately.”
