LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has busted a suspected heroin-manufacturing unit in Bareilly and arrested three men, taking to three the number of such units unearthed in Lucknow and Bareilly since October 4 this year. The three operations have led to seven arrests and seizures of 17.196 kg of finished and semi-finished heroin and suspected raw morphine, officials said.

The latest operation, conducted on Thursday at a compound in Alampur Kot village under Sirauli police station limits in Bareilly, yielded 4.515 kg of finished and semi-finished heroin, 1.694 kg of acetic anhydride and 8.560 kg of sodium carbonate. The estimated value of the seized acetic anhydride was put at around Rs.10 crore, senio...