Drug Trafficker Salim Dola Lived In Turkiye Under Alias 'Hamza' Using Bulgarian Passport Before Being Brought To India
Absconding drug trafficker Mohammad Salim Dola was brought to India from Turkiye, where he lived under a fake identity using a Bulgarian passport. Arrested via an Interpol Red Notice, he is linked to Dawood Ibrahim and a 2023 mephedrone haul in Mumbai. A court has remanded him to NCB custody till May 8 as probe into his documents continues.
Drug Trafficker Salim Dola Lived In Turkiye Under Alias 'Hamza' Using Bulgarian Passport Before Being Brought To India | file pic
New Delhi: Mohammad Salim Dola, the absconding international drugs trafficker brought to India from Turkiye recently, was living in that country on a Bulgarian passport under the assumed name of 'Hamza', officials said on Friday.
On Thursday, a local court in Mumbai sent Dola, 59, to the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau till May 8.
Officials privy to the developments said initial probe found Dola was staying in Turkiye on a Bulgarian passport under the name 'Hamza'.
It is being ascertained if his Bulgarian passport was valid or fake, they said.
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The probe agency told the Mumbai court that Dola's name emerged as an international drug trafficker associated with Dawood Ibrahim, and that he has been identified as the key supplier of a commercial quantity of mephedrone drug seized from south Mumbai in June 2023.
Dola was arrested in Turkiye on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice issued on India's request in March 2024. He was wanted in multiple narcotics trafficking cases in India and had been absconding from law enforcement agencies.
He was brought to Delhi from Turkiye on Tuesday.
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