Mysuru, March 28 -- 48-kg Mephedrone worth Rs. 12 crore seized; Two, including one from Mysuru, arrested

The Hunsur Rural Police have uncovered a major synthetic drug manufacturing racket operating from a remote farmhouse in Hunsur Taluk and seized48-kg of Mephedrone worth about Rs. 12 crore last evening.

The seizure includes 7.35-kg of Mephedrone and 41-kg of drug precursor. Two persons, including one from Mysuru city, have been arrested.

Addressing reporters at his office this morning, Mysuru Superintendent of Police (SP) Mallikarjun Baladandi said the accused have been identified as Mohammad Irfan (30), a resident of Siddique Mohalla in Mysuru and Mohammad Irfan (42), a resident of Rehmat Mohalla in Hunsur, who owned the farmhouse a...