On October 6 in the outskirts of Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat uncovered a drug manufacturing unit that was operating on an industrial scale. Authorities seized 907.09 kg of mephedrone (MD), both in solid and liquid forms, with an estimated value of ₹ 1,814.18 crore in the international market.