Dharamshala, Nov. 13 -- The Bilaspur police have frozen assets worth nearly Rs.2 crore allegedly belonging to drug traffickers in recent months as part of its crackdown on the financial networks associated with the illegal drug trade, officials said on Thursday.

With this, the total value of assets frozen by the police this year has reached Rs.3.01 crore. According to the police, these individuals and their family members and associates failed to provide satisfactory evidence of having acquired the properties through legitimate sources of income.

In a case registered at the Sadar police station, the police froze assets worth Rs.1.02 crore, including a house and six vehicles, belonging to an accused and his associates. The police had sei...