Maharashtra Gujarat ED raids in Salim Dola drug case

Mohammad Salim Dola (second right) a close associate of gangster Dawood Ibrahim and a notorious drug dealer. File | Photo credit: PTI

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday (Jun 2, 2026) raided several locations in Maharashtra and Gujarat as part of a money laundering probe against Mohammad Salim Dola, a drug trafficker who was recently brought back by India from Turkey, officials said.

They said around 20 places in Mumbai, Surat and Ankleshwar (Bharuch district) in Gujarat were raided after the central agency registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Dola, alias Salim Ismail Dola, is said to be a close associate of globally wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and has been accused by anti-narcotics agencies of running a transnational drug trafficking syndicate.

Dola, 59, was brought back by India from Turkey in April and was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) shortly after he landed at the Delhi airport.

The searches are being conducted at premises associated with suppliers of precursor chemicals, middlemen involved in chemical trading, traders involved in the production and distribution of the synthetic narcotic drug Mephedrone (MD), hawala operators and persons having benami properties derived from proceeds generated through an organized drug syndicate, ED officials said.

The money laundering case stems from several FIRs registered in Mumbai against Dole and others for offenses related to illegal trafficking in narcotic and psychotropic substances, they said.

Published – 02 Jun 2026 13:49 IST