SRINAGAR, Oct. 16 -- Srinagar Police has frozen or attached residential properties and a vehicle valued at more than Rs.13.43 crore in connection with suspected drug trafficking, invoking provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, officials said on Thursday.
The action was carried out by police stations Khanyar, Pantha Chowk, Shalteng, Safakadal, Soura and Ahmadnagar following financial investigations into assets allegedly acquired through proceeds of illicit drug trafficking.
According to police, the action was initiated under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the NDPS Act, which deal with the identification of illegally acquired property and its forfeiture-related proceedings.
Khanyar police accounted for as...