Dawood's aide Jabir Moti was held on blackmail, drugs charges: Met Police

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahims key aide Jabir Moti was arrested by Scotland Yards Extradition Unit on suspicion of conspiracy to commit blackmail import illegal drugs and money laundering in the US the Metropolitan Police said on MondayJabir Motiwala a Pakistani national was arrested by the Met Police at a hotel in Paddington area of London last Friday He was produced at Westminster Magistrates Court in the city the same day where he was remanded in custody to appear again on TuesdayA man was arrested by the Mets Extradition Unit at a hotel in the Paddington area on Friday 17 August in relation to an allegation of conspiracy to commit blackmail import class A drugs and money laundering in the USA a statement by the Met Police said todayA warrant had been issued by Westminster Magistrates Court the statement said on the arrest of Motiwala aka Jabir Moti and Jabir SiddiqHe is believed to be the righthand man of Ibrahim managing his investments in the UK UAE and around the worldMoti reportedly in the UK on a 10year visa has been described as the financial manager of Dawood Ibrahim the key accused in the Mumbai serial bomb blasts in 1993According to UK Companies House records Moti is registered as the director of a company named Mac World Trading Limited under the name Jabir Siddiq since May 2012The correspondence address for the company is in the Grove Park Avenue area of east London and Motis nationality and country of residence is listed as PakistanHowever as per the account filing history for the company Mac World Trading Ltd was dissolved in September 2014 via a compulsory strikeoff action by UK authoritiesThe registrar of companies gives notice that unless cause is shown to the contrary at the expiration of three months from the above date the name of Mac World Trading Limited will be struck off the register and the company will be dissolved states a Companies House notice dated May 20 2014 following which it seems the company was struck offThe notice warned that upon dissolution all property and rights vested in or held in trust for the company are deemed to be bona vacantia ownerless property and accordingly will belong to the crownCuriously under the nature of business section of the companys filing history it states to be provided on next annual return leaving the details of Motis UK business interests a mysteryMeanwhile Ibrahim remains on the UK governments recentlyupdated financial sanctions listFinancial sanctions in force in the UK could apply to individuals entities and governments who may be resident in the UK or abroadThe measures include prohibiting the transfer of funds to a sanctioned country and freezing the assets of a government the corporate entities and residents of the target country to targeted asset freezes on individuals or entitiesThe UK Treasury departments Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK updated on August 16 records Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar as the only Indian on its annually updated asset freeze listCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever