NAGPUR: The mastermind in Rs 200 crore MD drug manufacturing racket, busted by Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) in Wardha earlier this week, Vaibhav Agarwal, was identified to the cops as he frequented the Karanja police station in Wardha to repair pc issues and restore CCTVs.Agarwal, who studied pc science in Nagpur, was a well-liked determine within the village as he was the one resourceful one that may repair a pc or CCTV downside with some precision. Agarwal and his two aides — Yash Bannagre (20) and Soham Dhaigode (21) — have been arrested by the DRI sleuths busting a clandestine mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit in distant Karanja (Ghadge) space on Dec 7-8 underneath ‘Operation Hinterland Brew’. Agarwal was a self-taught chemist who financed and oversaw manufacturing of the medicine.The hidden lab, disguised as a tin-roofed shed amid dense shrubs on a farmland, was situated barely 2km from Karanja police station and was working for six months.nullDRI seized about 128kg of high-purity MD valued at Rs192cr internationally, together with 245kg of chemical substances, reactors, condensers, vessels, and superior tools. All three face prices underneath the NDPS Act.Agarwal reportedly discovered drug synthesis from YouTube and a few shut Nagpur contacts. His darkish net efforts to search out patrons — together with downloading suspicious software program — put him on the radar. He was adopted for a number of days. His cellphone and digital actions have been underneath surveillance earlier than DRI laid a entice for him in Nagpur, mentioned a supply, including Wardha police’s weak intelligence equipment had no clue at the same time as Agarwal was reaching out to a bigger potential buyer base.“Agarwal was making an attempt to acquire good high quality precursor chemical substances and attain out to his prospects, however his presence within the suspicious group led to the surveillance and subsequent arrest,” mentioned a supply.Familiarity with police routines from restore calls allegedly helped him function confidently from a location near the police station. The unit was supplying MD to markets in Nagpur and adjoining areas. “Round 100 drug peddlers on file from Wardha have been quizzed, however none knew Agarwal or had any clue about his manufacturing unit,” mentioned an area Wardha cop, including Agarwal and his two associates have been in debt.
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