The investigation by the Pune rural police began with a seizure of over 1 kg of drugs from a garage owner in Shirur. A press statement by the Pune Rural police in this regard had identified the seized drug as ‘Mephedrone’. However it was yet to be confirmed with a forensic analysis. Probe has revealed that the drugs were misappropriated from the seized items from the custody of the Ahilyanagar police, who in May last year had seized crystals of Alprazolam tranquilizer and its raw material worth over Rs 13 crore.
