Shimla, July 17 -- In a major crackdown on the financial network of narcotics trafficking, Shimla police have seized illegal movable and immovable assets worth Rs.2.28 crore in two separate NDPS cases, following detailed financial investigations, officials said on Thursday.

The action forms part of the district police's strategy to dismantle the economic infrastructure of drug trafficking by targeting properties allegedly acquired from proceeds of crime, in addition to prosecuting those involved in narcotics offences.

In the first case, registered at Kotkhai police station on September 19, 2024, under Sections 21, 27A and 29 of the NDPS Act and Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), investigators conducted an extensive financ...