Surat: Addict sets up lab to make MD drug, held

SURAT: The city police on Friday busted a makeshift laboratory set up in an office to make the banned mephedrone in Sarthana and arrested the owner identified as Jaimin Savani.
Police seized 22 kg monomethyl and at least 20 other equipment and chemicals used in making the party drug mephedrone.
Savani’s name had cropped up during interrogation of Pravin Bishnoi who was caught by Special Operation Group (SOG) on Wednesday from Puna police station’s limit while entering the city with 58.53 gram MD worth Rs 5.85 lakh. Savani used to buy MD from Bishnoi who brought it from Rajasthan.
Savani had planned to manufacture MD in his office after watching videos on the internet. He had sourced the material from online websites and his local contacts. However, he was nabbed before he could start making. “Savani did not get a couple of chemicals that are required to make MD. He was planning to sell the product later, said cops.
Savani got addicted to MD during the lockdown along with his friends. A native of Bhavnagar, Savani had started an office in search of employment but after the global pandemic he planned to make the drug at the office.
“Due to police’s strict vigil, we could nab Savani and prevent him from making the drug,” said city police commissioner Ajay Tomar.