India Strikes at D-Company: Narco Kingpin Salim Dola Captured in “Operation Global Hunt”

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• May 1, 2026
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New Delhi, April 2026 — The capture of Salim Dola, the man dubbed the “Narco-Boss” of Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company, marks the successful climax of Operation Global Hunt.

For 26 years, Dola was a ghost in the machinery of international crime, moving between Dubai and Turkey to oversee a ₹5,000 crore drug empire. His arrest in Istanbul isn’t just a win for the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB); it is a direct strike against the financial heart of the ISI’s narco-terror operations.

The 26-Year Game of Cat and Mouse

Salim Dola wasn’t just a smuggler; he was a master of technical and legal loopholes. Since his first major narcotics case in 1998 at Mumbai Airport, Dola developed a pattern of “strategic surrender.” He would get caught with massive consignments—40kg of Mandrax in 1998 or 80kg of Marijuana in 2012—only to watch the cases collapse over years of manipulated evidence and “hostile” witnesses.

Dola even used his own body as a legal shield. After a heart surgery, he would strip to his waist in interrogation rooms, using his bypass scars to intimidate officers with the threat of a “custodial death” inquiry if they pushed too hard. For decades, his scars were his strongest weapon.

Dismantling the “D-Company” Successors

The path to Dola’s doorstep was paved with the arrest of his inner circle. In 2025, Indian agencies, coordinating with Interpol and the UAE, systematically picked off his lieutenants:

• Tahir Dola: Salim’s son and a key operative, despite his own reported struggles with addiction.
• Mustafa Kubabwala: Dola’s nephew, who handled the raw material supply chain from Gujarat.
• “Levish” Salim Sheikh: The logistics mastermind who channeled high-end drugs into the rave parties of Bollywood influencers.

With his support system in Indian custody, Dola was left isolated in a flat in Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district, operating under a false UAE identity.

The ISI’s “Narco-Terror” ATM

Dola’s empire was the primary “ATM” for Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI. Investigations reveal a “Narco-Terror Pipeline” where D-Company’s drug profits—estimated at 30% to 40% per transaction—were funneled directly to the ISI to fund terrorism against India.

From Fentanyl disguised as flour to “Button” (synthetic party pills), Dola’s network aimed to flood the Indian youth with addiction while using the proceeds to buy the very ammunition used in cross-border attacks.

Operation Global Hunt: A New Era

The 2026 raid by Turkish Intelligence (MIT) and Istanbul Police, triggered by actionable Indian intelligence, signals a shift in India’s global reach. Under the “Operation Global Hunt” roadmap, the NCB is no longer waiting for criminals to return; it is fetching them.

As Salim Dola sits in an interrogation room in New Delhi, the myth of D-Company’s untouchable foreign bases has been shattered. The “Narco Boss” who survived 26 years on loopholes and scars has finally run out of room to move.

Bottom Line The era of D-Company lords managing Indian streets from Turkish penthouses is closing. Dola’s capture proves that for the modern Indian security apparatus, the trail never truly goes cold—it just gets longer until it reaches the target.