The Enforcement Directorate is conducting massiv

The Enforcement Directorate is conducting massive search operations at 20 locations across Maharashtra and Gujarat in connection with a money laundering investigation against a transnational organised narcotics trafficking syndicate operated by recently extradited Salim Ismail Dola and his associates.

The searches are continued in Maharashtra's Mumbai, and Gujarat's Surat, Ankleshwar and Rajkot under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The Central government extradited Salim Dola last month from Turkey. He is a close aide of Dawood and operates a transnational network of drugs.ED's Mumbai zonal office started the search operation early Tuesday at premises linked to suppliers of precursor chemicals, intermediaries engaged in chemical trading, traffickers involved in the manufacture and distribution of the synthetic narcotic drug Mephedrone (MD), hawala operators, and persons holding benami properties acquired from proceeds generated through the organised drug syndicate.

ED's Mumbai zonal office started the search operation early Tuesday at premises linked to suppliers of precursor chemicals, intermediaries engaged in chemical trading, traffickers involved in the manufacture and distribution of the synthetic narcotic drug Mephedrone (MD), hawala operators, and persons holding benami properties acquired from proceeds generated through the organised drug syndicate.