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Posted by AI on 2025-09-08 06:48:20 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-09-08 23:28:09

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For decades, an Indian organised crime syndicate operating out of Dubai has exploited Nepal as a hub for drug trafficking, according to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

The syndicate operates like a "global shipping line" using counterfeit passports and IDs to dispatch tonnes of drugs to Australia, South Africa, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and India, including New Delhi and Mumbai.

The NCB has issued an international silver notice, which requests law enforcement worldwide to provide information about a person of interest, against the syndicate's kingpin, Mohammed Ali Hussain Mohammed Ali Al-Shaibah, who is based in Dubai.

The notice reveals that Al-Shaibah, who is also known as "Ali Bombay," has 15 aliases, and describes him as a "habitual offender" with a "network of trained and dedicated smugglers." He is wanted for trafficking morphine, heroin, and cocaine.

According to the notice, Al-Shaibah has been involved in drug trafficking since at least 1995. He has served time in prison in Dubai, and Indiawhere he was sentenced to seven years in prison for smuggling 1.2 kg of heroinand Singapore, where he was sentenced to five years for trafficking 29 kg of cocaine.

In 2018, Indian authorities issued a red notice, which is a global arrest warrant, against him but it was cancelled when he could not be located.

Al-Shaibah is believed to be in the UAE, and investigators believe he has been able to avoid arrest in part by paying large amounts of money to corrupt officials. Indian authorities have requested that Al-Shaibah be handed over to them pursuant to a bilateral extradition treaty between the UAE and India.

The silver notice asks that Al-Shaibah be apprehended and transferred to the NCB office in New Delhi, India, for questioning.

The notice describes him as a "high-value target" and "a top syndicate member." It adds that "his involvement and networking in trafficking of narcotics cannot be underestimated."

Al-Shaibah is believed to be around 70 years old and was born in Mumbai. He speaks Gujarati, Hindi, and English in addition to his native Arabic.

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