9 kg of chemical that can kill 50 lakh people seized in MP
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 9 kg of synthetic opioid, fentanyl, from an illegal laboratory run by a local businessman and "US-hating" PhD "scholar chemist", in Madhya Pradesh. Fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, could have potentially killed 40-50 lakh people if used in chemical warfare. This is the first seizure of this chemical in India.