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Gujarat ATS Arrests International Drug Trafficker Salim Dola
The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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The Gujarat ATS arrested international drug trafficker Salim Ismail Dola on October 31 in connection with a ₹438.64 crore mephedrone seizure from a Vadodara factory in 2022.
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Dola, deported from Turkiye earlier this year, allegedly supplied chemicals for manufacturing the narcotics and operated a transnational network smuggling drugs in containers with legally exported goods.
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The ATS is questioning Dola regarding his financial transactions, chemical sources, distribution channels, and associates linked to his history of narcotics cases dating back to 1998.