India, June 12 -- NEW DELHI

A 41-year-old woman from Nigeria reportedly jumped to her death from the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment in Swaroop Nagar on Thursday afternoon after police raided the premises, which was being used as a facility to manufacture and store synthetic drugs.

The woman was declared dead on arrival at the Burari Government Hospital, police said.

Joint commissioner of police Madhur Verma confirmed that the deceased and her associates were running a methamphetamine lab. "We have been conducting investigation and crackdowns on drug suppliers and their network in Delhi. This was a part of one such probe. A lab manufacturing methamphetamine and MDMA was uncovered here. Further probe is ongoing," he said.

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