Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate carried out coordinated searches at about 20 locations in Mumbai, Surat, Ankleshwar and Rajkot on Tuesday as part of a PMLA probe into the alleged narcotics and money‑laundering network linked to Mohammad Salim Dola.
- Investigators recovered property records during the June 2 raids that indicate some assets tied to the syndicate may be in Dubai and are questioning hawala operators, accountants and chemical traders to map the money flows.
- Dola was extradited from Turkiye in April after an Interpol Red Notice and is accused by agencies of running a transnational methylephedrone trafficking syndicate that used precursor suppliers, clandestine labs and hawala channels to launder proceeds.
- Parallel enforcement measures this week include the ED’s three provisional attachment orders and a sixth supplementary chargesheet in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam that freeze properties with a deed value of about Rs 200 crore and an estimated market value above Rs 1,000 crore, plus a separate Rs 18.20 crore attachment in Madhya Pradesh and recent arrests in other embezzlement probes.
- All matters remain under active inquiry with forensic accounting and cross‑border cooperation ongoing, and officials say further attachments, charges and arrests are likely as the agency traces funds, shell or benami holdings and overseas investments.