In May 1986, Mirchi was first nabbed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in connection with the seizing of 600 kg of heroin — valued at around Rs 9 crore — from a farmhouse in Thane.
An extradition request was made on the basis that Mirchi was wanted for ordering a murder, and was the prime suspect in two drug seizure cases.
The files pertaining to cases registered against Mirchi had gone missing in 1995 when Indian government had decided to participate in extradition process in London Court.
[12] [13] The suspicious nexus of Mumbai Police officials of Anti-narcotics Cell with the drug cartels continued even after departure of IPS Rahul Rai Sur from India.
[14] Senior Inspector Suhas Gokhle of Anti-narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police was arrested with drug-cartel Queen Baby Patankar in 2015 as his involvement in the trafficking of notified narcotic substances was found.
Pune Crime Branch had not posted its own personnel to guard Lalit Patil even after the seizure in the hospital premises from him.
[20] On 22 May 2023; 2,525 kg of pure methamphetamine, valued at ₹25,000 crore, off Kochi's Mattancherry coast was seized by Indian authorities in a joint operation.
According to the estimates of the intelligence agencies; this is a small portion of the total volume of the illicit drug business operations being carried out by the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate.
In another seizure at Mundra Port near India's commercial capital Mumbai on 13 September 2021 the National Investigating Agency NIA seized the highest volume of drugs worth Rs.
[21] Dawood Ibrahim syndicate has found a replacement for late drug-lord Iqbal Mirchi in Kailash Rajput operating from London.