The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has issued a lookout notice against Arif Bhujwala, gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s aide and partner of drug kingpin Chinku Pathan
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has issued a lookout notice against Arif Bhujwala, the aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim and also a partner of drug kingpin Chinku Pathan who was arrested by the drugs agency last week.
The lookout notice has been sent at all airports across the country to discourage Arif Bhujwala from attempting to flee out of the country.
The NCB had launched a manhunt to nab Arif Bhujwala a few days ago. Bhujwala ran a drug laboratory at a residential flat in Dongri locality of South Mumbai where he manufactured synthetic drugs like Mephedrone, Methamphetamine and Ephedrine.
Last Wednesday, Arif Bhujwala managed to flee from his 5th floor flat after he heard of Chinku Pathan’s arrest. According to sources, Arif Bhujwala and Chinku Pathan are directly associated with the drug network handled by Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Anees.
Following the further probe, the NCB team raided the home of Arif Bhujwala at Noor Manzil Building in Dongri on Wednesday evening.
The diaries recovered from Arif Bhujwala’s flat revealed that drugs worth Rs 80-90 lakh was being sold by them.
NCB suspects that the gang could have links with anti-national elements and the drug money was laundered to middle-eastern and south-eastern countries.
The NCB officials are also looking for other four key aides and associates of Chinku Pathan who are on the run.
The NCB officials have launched a manhunt to nab one of the key members of the cartel, Sonu Pathan who supplied the drugs and handled rival factions in Maharashtra. The second person on the run since Wednesday is Juned Nepali who handles the logistics and safe supply of drugs manufactured by Bhujwala.
The 3rd suspect is Farhan Pathan, a cousin of Chinku Pathan. He is the frontman for the supply of drugs overseas and also to various states across the country. The 4th suspect is Raju Sonawane from Pune who handled Pathan’s Marijuana supply chain in Pune and other areas.
The NCB officials had conducted raids at Hadapsar-based godown run by Raju Sonawane and other three places in Pune on Saturday. Sonawane, too, had fled by then. Officials have found some incriminating documents from Sonawane’s godown that have details of their clients and suppliers.
The NCB had on Friday arrested another member of the drug syndicate run by Chinku Pathan. Nasir Khar was arrested from Dongri where he was hiding while NCB teams conducted raids at three locations revealed by Pathan during interrogation.
Sources from the NCB said during interrogation, Chinku Pathan revealed details about his close aide and those involved in the supply of the drugs manufactured at Arif Bhuwala’s laboratory.
