India, May 3 -- In a major crackdown on illegal drug operations, Malkangiri police have busted a mobile hashish oil manufacturing unit in the Chitrakonda area and seized materials estimated to be worth around Rs100 crore.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs received over the past few days, police had been tracking the movement of a suspected hashish oil production unit believed to be operating in the region. Continuous raids and heightened surveillance reportedly forced members of the syndicate to shift their setup frequently to evade detection.

The breakthrough came early Sunday morning when a police team led by SDPO Chitrakonda Pradosh Pradhan intercepted a vehicle near Essar Chhak under Chitrakonda police limits, on the road leadi...