Lagatar24 Desk
Nanded, Nov 23: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday seized 111 kilograms of poppy straw, 1.4 kilograms of Opium and cash Rs 1.55 Lakh. Along with this 2 grinding machines which are used for grinding of Poppy Seeds, electronic sacle and note counting machine were also seized as NCB busted a drug factory in the Nanded district of Maharashtra during a raid. NCB is also conducting more searches at multiple locations in Madhya Pradesh.
“On specific information, a team of NCB Mumbai raided three shops located at Kamtha, Nanded and busted clandestine drug unit. Other than seizures three persons were intercepted by the bureau,” NCB said in a statement.
“It is an interstate gang which is operating. Searches in multiple locations in Madhya Pradesh have also begun,” Sameer Wankhede, NCB’s Mumbai zonal director, said.
Raids are still underway. More details are awaited.