Was the recent haul of ephedrine worth Rs 2,000 crore just a small fry in the notorious D-Company’s drug smuggling syndicate? The Thane police, which busted the racket last month with the seizure of 20,000 kg of drugs from Thane and Solapur, suspect that the ringleaders of the racket had supplied drugs to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his key aide, Chhota Shakeel.

The Thane police suspect that ringleaders Jay Mukhi and Kishore Rathod had supplied drugs to Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel