Data from the Karnataka Legislature session indicates that Bengaluru police have not arrested any narcotics producers in 2024 and 2025, focusing instead on peddlers and consumers. This contrasts with Mumbai police's recent success in uncovering three synthetic drug manufacturing units in Bengaluru after arresting a peddler. Across Karnataka, while thousands of peddlers and consumers were apprehended, only 90 producers were arrested, mostly for cultivating cannabis rather than manufacturing synthetic drugs, suggesting investigations often fail to trace the full supply chain.