Archive · 6 Nov 2025
Dawood Ibrahim Syndicate Collaborating with LTTE for Drug Operations, Intel Agencies Warn
Bad guys who sell drugs, known as the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate, are thought to be working with another group called the LTTE.
The LTTE used to be a bigger group in Sri Lanka that was defeated a while ago.
Intelligence agencies have found out that these two groups might be talking to each other.
They think the D-syndicate wants to use the LTTE's old connections to move drugs through South India.
The LTTE might be trying to get money to start up again.
The D-syndicate has been having trouble in other areas and is also making drugs in secret places away from big cities.
While some people think the LTTE can't really come back, others are worried about the D-syndicate getting stronger in the southern part of India.
Intelligence agencies have flagged potential collusion between the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate and former LTTE members for drug trafficking.
The D-syndicate is reportedly using LTTE's networks in Sri Lanka and India to further its drug business, particularly targeting South India.
This collaboration comes as the D-syndicate faces operational losses in other regions and has been shifting drug manufacturing to remote rural areas.
Agencies suspect LTTE operatives, believed to be attempting a comeback, might be seeking funds from foreign banks to revive the organization.
While some officials doubt the LTTE's revival prospects, the D-syndicate's expansion into the southern market is a significant concern for law enforcement.
- Who
- Dawood Ibrahim's D-syndicate and former LTTE operatives
- What
- Alleged collaboration to traffic drugs, leveraging LTTE's networks in South India
- When
- Recently flagged by intelligence agencies
- Where
- Through South India, utilizing networks in Sri Lanka and India
- Why
- To further drug business ventures, with the D-syndicate facing losses and seeking to expand into the southern market, and LTTE possibly attempting to raise funds for revival.
Intelligence Agencies
Official Perspective
LTTE Revival Prospects
Intelligence Agencies
Intelligence agencies suspect that escaped LTTE operatives are trying to withdraw funds from foreign banks to revive the outfit.
Official Perspective
An official believes a revival of the LTTE is 'too far-fetched' as their ideology is 'close to dead'.
- Syndicate
- Dawood Ibrahim's D-syndicate
- Collaborator
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
- Primary Activity
- Drug trafficking
- Key Areas of Operation (D-Syndicate)
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Northern states, South India
- Key Areas of Operation (LTTE networks)
- Sri Lanka, India
- Recent D-Syndicate Activity
- Manufacturing drugs in rural locations; unearthed synthetic drug factory near Bhopal