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The Pakistani drug lord running circles around Indian narcos
Updated On: 11 October, 2022 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
He is meticulous, he enforces strict coded transfer of drugs in open waters, and even gives full credit line to his peddlers; meet Haji Saleem, who is flooding India with heroin with ISI’s backing
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Around 200 kg heroin was seized from an Iranian dhow off Kochi in a joint operation of the NCB and the Indian Navy
Seizures of huge amounts of heroin in Mumbai and other parts of the country are posing a big challenge to the Indian investigating agencies. Officials from these agencies said that they have linked the entire heroin racket supplying to India to one Pakistani drug lord—Haji Saleem. Sources said that Saleem has links with at least 10-12 such cases across the county this year itself, and added that the value of the heroin was always above Rs 1,000 crore. Saleem employs several tactics to evade police, such as constantly moving his hideout. He also uses special markers so that suppliers don’t mention his name.
Sources from the investigating agencies told mid-day that all heroin consignments coming to Mumbai using different ports are being supplied by one mastermind identified as Haji Saleem who operates from Iran, Balochistan in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Narcotic Control Bureau, which made several cases of heroin in the past few months, found links to a Pakistani national backed by the ISI—Pakistan’s intelligence agency.
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