Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Wednesday issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against drug supplier Salim Dola in connection with the mephedrone seizure worth Rs 252 crore in Maharashtra's Sangli district, an official said.

Dola, who was once a close aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, was found to be the main drug supplier and the crime branch declared him a wanted accused, he said.

The officer said he was also wanted in several other drug cases.

Police had earlier busted a mephedrone supply gang by raiding a manufacturing unit in Sangli district of western Maharashtra.