New Delhi, June 2 -- The Mumbai Zonal Office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is conducting massive search operations at 20 locations across Mumbai, Surat, Ankleshwar, and Rajkot in connection with an investigation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against a transnational organised narcotics trafficking syndicate allegedly operated by Salim Ismail Dola and his associates.
Salim Dola was extradited by the Government of India from Turkey last month. He is considered a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and is alleged to have operated an international drug trafficking network.
The searches are being carried out at premises linked to suppliers of precursor chemicals, intermediaries engaged in chemica...