Mumbai, June 14 -- A Special NDPS court on Saturday remanded UAE-deported accused Taher Salim Dola in police custody for his alleged involvement in the Maharashtra Rs 252-crore drugs manufacturing case.

Dola, wanted by the Mumbai police for allegedly operating an illegal Mephedrone manufacturing unit in Sangli, was extradited from UAE on Friday.

Earlier the city police had carried out a major operation to seize Mephedrone (MD) drugs worth Rs 256 crore from a factory in Solapur.

Following this, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued a Red Corner Notice against Dola, the prime accused in the case, and arrested him from the United Arab Emirates.

He was brought back to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport o...