Jaisalmer: In a major crackdown, Barmer DST and Dhorimanna police Monday seized 187kg of chemicals allegedly used to manufacture MD drugs from a house in Kharad village’s Dhani area.Police said the raid was conducted at the house of Sohanlal, son of Gularam Vishnoi. No one was present at the premises during the search, though an electricity connection had been taken to run the suspected unit. The chemicals were found stored in a blue drum.
SP Narendra Singh Meena said the action was part of the Drug Free Barmer campaign. Acting on a tip-off received by a DST constable, a team led by Dhorimanna SHO Deepsingh raided the house located amid sand dunes. Inputs suggested Sohanlal, along with Surendra, son of Tejaram Vishnoi and another person, had recently brought drums of prohibited chemicals and equipment to set up an MD manufacturing unit.A case has been registered at Dhorimanna police station under various sections of the NDPS Act against Sohanlal, Surendra and an unidentified person. Efforts are on to trace the accused.Officials said this is the fifth MD manufacturing unit detected in Barmer district, following similar actions in Ramsar, Sedwa, Adarsh Chawa and Bhairudi villages over the past two years.
