In a major operation spanning across States, the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ministry of Finance detected and seized here a big haul of contraband psychotropic substance of the amphetamine class suspected to be Mephedrone weighing 500 Kgs around mid-night of 20th February, 2015. This is one of the biggest seizures of a psychotropic substance in recent times and the biggest seizure of Mephedrone, a stimulant of the amphetamine class, which gets its street name Meow Meow, from its chemical name 4-methylmethcathinone, or M-CAT. This is one of the biggest seizure of drugs in the country and certainly the biggest of Mephedrone.
The seized consignment is believed to be heading towards the West where its value is estimated to be worth more than US $5 Million (Approx. Rs. 30 crore). The contraband is suspected to have been loaded at Kurutuwadi in Sholapur ,Maharashtra.
