NEW DELHI: Kubbawala Mustafa, a wanted drugs manufacturer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through Interpol and Mumbai Police, officials said.A four-member Mumbai Police team escorted Mustafa to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, where he was taken into custody by the crime branch, news agency PTI reported.“The International Police Cooperation Unit (IPCU) of CBI, in collaboration with NCB-Abu Dhabi, successfully brought back wanted Red Notice subject Kubbawala Mustafa to India on Friday,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.“The subject was earlier geo-located in UAE through close follow-up by CBI through Interpol with NCB-Abu Dhabi,” the spokesperson added.In April 2024, Mumbai Police had busted a synthetic drugs manufacturing facility in Sangli, where 126.141 kg of mephedrone, a party drug also known as ‘meow meow’, was recovered and confiscated. It was alleged that Mustafa ran the factory from abroad.Subsequently, he was chargesheeted in Mumbai and a special court had issued an open-dated arrest warrant against him.“The CBI got the Red Notice published through Interpol on November 25, 2024, on the request of Mumbai Police. NCB-Abu Dhabi conveyed on June 19, 2025 that their authorities have requested to send a security mission to UAE to bring back the subject to India. Subsequently, a team was formed to bring back the subject from the UAE,” the CBI spokesperson stated.According to a Mumbai Police official, Mustafa was a key material and chemical supplier for manufacturing high-quality mephedrone. He allegedly used to get the raw materials from Ahmedabad. After manufacturing the synthetic stimulant, he used to distribute it in Gujarat to the members of a drug syndicate.