Methamphetamine manufacturing lab busted! The warden of Tihar Jail was running a lab! 95 kg drugs also recovered 

A clandestine methamphetamine manufacturing lab has been busted in Delhi NCR, which was being run by the warden of Delhi's Tihar Jail. The operation unit of NCB and the special cell of Delhi Police together busted this lab. A raid was conducted on 25 October 2024 in Kasana Industrial Area of ​​Gautam Buddha Nagar, in which about 95 kg of methamphetamine in both solid and liquid forms was found. Apart from this, chemicals like acetone, sodium hydroxide, methylene chloride, premium grade ethanol, toluene, red phosphorus, ethyl acetate and imported machinery were also recovered. Initial investigation has revealed that a Delhi businessman who was present in the factory at the time of the raid, And a warden of Tihar Jail had played a key role in setting up an illegal factory, purchasing chemicals and importing machinery. The businessman was earlier arrested by the DRI in the NDPS case and was lodged in Tihar Jail, where he met the warden and became his partner. A Mumbai-based chemist was roped in to make the medicine and checked the quality of the medicine. The crime was committed by a member of a Mexican cartel living in Delhi. All four accused were arrested by the NCB and produced before the magistrate on October 27, who sent them to three-day police custody. This year, the NCB busted such clandestine labs at five locations in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Is. NCB has conducted training programs to make the local police aware of the trends in manufacturing and trafficking of synthetic drugs and build their capacity to detect clandestine labs. 
Methamphetamine manufacturing lab busted! The warden of Tihar Jail was running a lab! 95 kg drugs also recovered