Rajasthan's MD Drug Crisis: Factories Busted, Crores Seized in Relentless Crackdown

• Rajasthan is emerging as a major hub for Mephedrone (MD) drug manufacturing, with illegal factories operating disguised as poultry farms and farmhouses in remote areas.
• Recent joint operations by police and NCB dismantled high-tech labs in Jhunjhunu (Dec 14), Jodhpur (Dec 7), and Sirohi (Nov), seizing MD and precursor chemicals worth crores.
• In Jhunjhunu, 10 kg of MD (₹100 crore) was seized, and the factory was bulldozed; Jodhpur yielded 40 liters liquid MD and 17 kg powder; Sirohi raid recovered chemicals for 100 kg MD (₹40 crore).
• The drug network, also active in Barmer (July 2025 factory bust), sources chemicals from Gujarat via fake companies and supplies MD to major cities like Mumbai and Delhi, with some Dawood gang links.
• Rajasthan Police and NCB are on high alert, conducting continuous operations and coordinating with other states to combat the growing drug menace and increasing MD use among youth.

Why It Matters: Rajasthan faces a severe MD drug crisis with multiple factories busted, revealing an extensive interstate network.