3 minutes of readingJaipurUpdated: February 4, 2026 10:25 pm IST
Police from Jhalrapatan city in Rajasthan, along with the District Special Team, carried out a joint operation during night patrolling on Tuesday, which led to the arrest of three persons and the discovery of an inter-state drug racket.
Jhalawar district SP Amit Kumar Budania told The indian express That measure was taken as part of a special campaign launched against drug traffickers in view of the increasing incidents of organized crime in the district. Based on specific inputs, special teams were formed under the command of senior officers and deployed to conduct night patrols. During the patrol, a truck and a Mahindra TUVs were found parked at Growth Center intersection in Jhalrapatan.
Police said the occupants of the vehicle were identified as Deepak, Jitendra Singh and Shelender Vilala, all residents of Agar Malwa district in Madhya Pradesh. Upon searching the van, police recovered six plastic drums containing 320.72 kg of 2-bromo-4-methyl propiophenone, a chemical commonly used to manufacture mephedrone (MD).
During preliminary interrogation, the accused revealed that the chemical had been transported from Maharashtra to Kota and then taken in a rented van to Agar in Madhya Pradesh. They claimed that the consignment was handed over to Jaynarayan alias Mamu, who allegedly used the chemical along with his associates to manufacture MD and other similar narcotic substances.
Based on this information and inputs about a drug manufacturing unit operating in Madhya Pradesh, the police immediately swung into action and coordinated with local authorities across the border. Later, Jaynarayan and his partner Ramlal were detained in Agar, where they had received the consignment of chemicals late at night.
Further interrogation revealed that the chemical was supposedly to be supplied to a man named Raghunandan Patidar in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh. However, Raghunand fled before the police could find him. Subsequently, raids were carried out at his suspected locations and Machalpur police discovered a factory involved in manufacturing MD at his residence. During the raid, a large amount of equipment for the manufacture of drugs and chemicals was seized.
A case has been registered against the accused at Jhalarapatan police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for preparing to manufacture commercial quantities of narcotics. Police said an investigation is underway to trace the source of the seized chemical and identify the entire network involved in illegal drug trafficking.