Drug smuggler’s properties worth 76.55 lakh freezed by police

Tightening the noose around the drug smugglers operating in this border district, the police have freezed the properties of a drug smuggler worth Rs.76.55  lakh.

Drug smuggler’s properties worth 76.55 lakh freezed by police

Ferozepur, April 16, 2024: Tightening the noose around the drug smugglers operating in this border district, the police have freezed the properties of a drug smuggler worth Rs.76.55  lakh.

While divulging the details, Saumya Mishra SSP said that today the police freezed the properties of a drug smuggler, a resident of Bhakhra. The SSP said that the accused had been booked by the police under NDPS act following the recovery of 500 gram heroin at Jhabbal police station in Tarn Taran district in 2012. 

“The police freezed his residential property (49.92) worth Rs. 72.48 lakh besides a pickup van (Tata Ace) worth Rs. 3.52 lakh besides his bank account having Rs.55375 has also been freezed.

The SSP said that this year, till now the police have freezed the properties of two drug smugglers worth Rs.1.2 crores. Last year, in more than 30cases, properties worth Rs. 15 crores were seized”, said SSP Mishra.