Apprehended by Turkish agencies, Dola is now in NCB custody and is expected to offer investigators insight into the financial pipelines, shadow networks, and cross-border alliances sustaining his narcotics trade
In a tightly coordinated international operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) secured the return of Mohammad Salim Dola, a 59-year-old fugitive long suspected of anchoring one of western India’s most elusive drug networks.
For investigators who had tracked his movements across continents for nearly a decade, Dola’s arrival from Istanbul marked more than an arrest — it signalled a shift in how India is pursuing organised crime in an increasingly borderless world.
For investigators who had tracked his movements across continents for nearly a decade, Dola’s arrival from Istanbul marked more than an arrest — it signalled a shift in how India is pursuing organised crime in an increasingly borderless world.