India, June 3 -- A mephedrone (MD) manufacturing racket operating out of Gujarat has been busted. The police have seized narcotics, precursor chemicals and equipment collectively valued at Rs.74 crore, officials said on Monday.

The operation stemmed from the arrest of Muskan Sameer Khan, 26, an aggregator cab driver from Kailash Park on Andheri-Kurla Road, who was allegedly caught attempting to sell 1kg of MD in Sakinaka on May 21. Following her arrest, police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and began tracing the source of the contraband.

During interrogation, Khan allegedly told investigators that she had procured the drug from Wadal Kamar Abul Wafa Chaudhary, 56, a businessman from Kau...