Notorious international drug trafficker Salim Dola, a close aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim, has been brought to India from Turkiye under 'Operation Global-Hunt'. Dola, 58, was detained by the Turkish Intelligence Agency and the Beylikduzu police in Istanbul on April 25 following inputs from Indian agencies and based on a pending Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against him.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in close coordination with international and Indian intelligence agencies, has secured the return of wanted drug trafficker Mohammed Salim Dola from Türkiye, under Operation Global-Hunt. He was taken into custody on his arrival at IGI Airport, New Delhi, early this morning by NCB.
Dola, who had fled to the UAE from India nearly eight years ago, was trapped in Turkiye for the last two years after coming to Istanbul on a vacation in early 2024. He established a major transnational drug trafficking syndicate spanning a number of countries in West Asia, Africa and Europe, and had been living alone in different places of Turkiye to avoid arrest.
Home minister Amit Shah termed the development as a 'major breakthrough' and stressed on zero tolerance against the narco syndicate. 'Under Modi government's mission to ruthlessly smash drug cartels, our anti-narcotics agencies have extended their claws across borders through a robust network of global agencies. Now, no matter where they hide, no place is safe for drug kingpins,' he said.
