Patiala: The Punjab Police yesterday claimed to have recovered precursor chemicals worth `6bn in the international market following raids on a pharmaceutical unit in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi industrial area.
Precursor chemicals are compounds that are required in the synthetic or extraction processes of drug production, and become incorporated into the drug molecule. They are, however, not used in the production of cocaine or heroin.
Patiala district police chief H S Mann said police teams recovered over 600kg of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and other precursor chemicals from the unit of MBP Pharmaceuticals Ltd in Baddi, 45km from Chandigarh.IANS
