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.