Ahmedabad, March 18 -- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday raided an illegal mephedrone manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district and arrested two people in connection with a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case registered on March 1 in Ahmedabad.

In a joint raid with the Uttar Pradesh Police, the ATS seized 6 kg of mephedrone, 50 kg of liquid mephedrone, 88 kg of 2-bromo-4-methyl propiophenone, and around 200 kg of raw materials and chemicals. The chemical 2-bromo-4-methyl propiophenone was notified as a controlled substance under the NDPS Act on March 11, an officer said.

A case was registered on March 1 after 4.6 grams of mephedrone was seized from Shafaat Ahmed alias Chand Moha...