Mysuru: A day after Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers claimed a secret lab was set up in Mysuru to manufacture drugs, the district police have seized raw materials meant for manufacturing synthetic drugs at a rented house in Yandahalli, within Mysuru South police station limits.However, police are awaiting reports from FSL experts to confirm whether the seized materials were raw materials for narcotic substances. NCB officers are likely to visit Mysuru again for investigation.Officers said the items recovered were believed to be raw materials that could be diverted for illicit drug manufacture. The exact nature of the substances and their intended use are not confirmed.Mallikarjun Baladandi, SP, Mysuru district, informed TOI that, following a tip-off from informants, a house in Yandahalli village was raided and a few materials were seized. These materials were supposedly used to make banned synthetic drugs. A case was taken up against Ganapat Lal and two other persons, including a woman, under various provisions of the NDPS Act, he stated. Assistance from FSL experts was sought to confirm whether the seized materials were used for synthetic drugs, the IPS officer stated.To a query, the SP said no arrest was made yet, as the house was unoccupied when the search was carried out. An officer said the owner of the house was the son of a retired ASI, and it was rented out for one year ago.The case follows the NCB’s claim of a clandestine drug-manufacturing unit in Mysuru, prompting coordinated scrutiny of possible supply chains and storage points for chemical inputs. Investigators are examining procurement records, business operations, and any potential links between the suspected lab and the seized materials.Officials did not disclose the quantity of materials recovered, and investigators indicated that further action would depend on the forensic report and the outcome of ongoing inquiries into the suspected manufacturing network.Meanwhile, Mysuru MP Yaduveer Wadiyar said Karnataka police, especially Mysuru police, failed again after the NCB conducted a raid in Hebbal and later stated that total drugs and narcotics worth Rs 10 crore were discovered.Even though the home minister and the commissioner of police, Mysuru city, claimed nothing was found at the phenyl manufacturing unit, the BJP MP said, “We are grateful to NCB”, and added, “Otherwise, we wouldn’t have known about the drug racket in Mysuru.”Speaking to reporters, Yaduveer said NCB raided the very place where the drug syndicate was producing, and said Delhi and Maharashtra police were coming to Mysuru to find drugs. He said this showed law and order in Karnataka deteriorated, and there was doubt about what police were doing. He pointed out that Mysuru’s name repeatedly came up in drug cases, and said, “This is truly condemnable.”Yaduveer said CM Siddaramaiah should take the case as a challenge, the govt should form a special team, and the state should be made drug-free.
