Lucknow, July 5 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday busted an illegal factory manufacturing adulterated tea leaves in the Baddupur area of Barabanki district and arrested one person in connection with the racket, officials said.

During the raid at the factory located in Shahpur village, the STF team recovered over 763.75 kg of adulterated tea leaves laced with harmful chemicals along with 3.9 kg of colouring agents.

The officials also seized a packing machine and nearly 149.5 kg of empty plastic wrappers of various brands. According to the STF, the market value of the seized adulterated tea is estimated to be approximately Rs 1.50 lakh.

The arrested accused has been identified as Mohammad Shakeel, a resident of Sh...