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ED conducts raids in Mumbai in drugs trafficking case

Raids target proceeds of “well-established” drug trafficking network involving Faisal Javed Shaikh and Alfiya Faisal Shaikh

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Faisal Shaikh was reportedly purchasing stimulant drug MD (mephedrone or ‘meow meow’) through Salim Dola, the officials said. File Photo
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches in Mumbai as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged drug trafficking network, officials said.

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The action has been undertaken to trace the sale proceeds acquired by a “well-established” drug trafficking network involving Faisal Javed Shaikh and Alfiya Faisal Shaikh.

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Eight premises in Mumbai are being covered under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

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Faisal Shaikh was reportedly purchasing stimulant drug MD (mephedrone or ‘meow meow’) through Salim Dola, a drug kingpin wanted by the law enforcement agencies for his involvement in narcotics trafficking and funding illegal drug networks, the officials said.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has announced a reward for information leading to Dola’s arrest, according to the officials.

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In May this year, the NCB’s Mumbai unit had put Faisal Shaikh in preventive detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act.

He was later transferred from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail to Chennai’s Puzhal Central Prison.

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