India, Aug. 11 -- Three persons were arrested after 200,000 tablets, part of a consignment meant for export to Nigeria, were seized by the DRI. This led to the busting of an illicit unit making scheduled psychotropic drugs in Ambernath on Saturday.

DRI officials said two types of tablets were seized. They include 100,000 tablets of tramadol hydrochloride, a scheduled substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The DRI also seized 100,000 tablets of tapentadol, which is regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Both tramadol and tapentadol are synthetic opioid analgesics widely used under medical supervision for pain management, DRI officials said on Monday.

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