India, Nov. 3 -- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has taken into custody drug lord Salim Ismail Dola, an alleged international drug trafficker wanted in the Sindhrot mephedrone factory case in Vadodara, in which drugs worth Rs.438.64 crore were seized, it said in a press release.

He was taken into custody on October 31, following legal procedure, nearly four years after the factory was raided.

He was arrested in Istanbul on April 25, 2026, under an Interpol Red Notice issued at India's request in March 2024. The Narcotics Control Bureau brought him back to India on April 28 under 'Operation Global-Hunt'. Officials said he was lodged in a Mumbai jail when the Gujarat ATS took him into custody on October 31.

Dola was among the key ...