Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 21: Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has frozen several bank accounts and seized a vehicle and gold items worth lakhs of rupees, linked with narco trade.
The link of the bank accounts, vehicle and gold items with narco trade were found by ANTF during financial investigation in a case FIR number 01 of 2022.
It is pertinent to mention that ANTF Kashmir recovered 108 kg and 295 grams of Poppy straw packed in empty apple boxes concealed in a truck bearing registration number PB65AK-1791 at Al-Stop, Mir Bazaar, Anantnag on 26-09-2022. The truck driver along with conductor was arrested on spot and vehicle involved in commission of crime was also seized.
During investigation with regard to backward/forward linkage of the recovered contraband, involvement of other South Kashmir based drug peddlers and one Ludhiana based drug peddler surfaced in the case.
The Ludhiana based drug peddler, a kingpin of Narco trade was found financing the illegal trade of Narcotics in Jammu Kashmir as well as Punjab. Financial investigation u/s 68-F read with 68-E of NDPS Act was carried out and Bank Account Statements/property details of the involved drug peddlers were obtained and analyzed.
It was surfaced that the Ludhiana based drug peddler alias Sunder had transferred huge amount worth lakhs into the Bank Accounts of involved drug peddlers alias Gowhar and Nazir who were arrested in the instant case. Besides, huge amount worth lakhs were found in the Bank Accounts of these two South Kashmir based drug peddlers and their family members. One vehicle Creta worth Rs 11,10,172 and Gold coins worth Rs 10,66,300 were also found illegally acquired by the arrested accused persons from illegal Narco Trade.
Accordingly two Freezing orders dated 28-12-2022 and 02-01-2023 were issued and the Bank Accounts/other illegally acquired property of the South Kashmir based accused were frozen. An amount of Rs 2,452,149, a Creta vehicle worth Rs 11,10,172 and Gold coins worth Rs 10,66,300 were frozen by ANTF Kashmir.
Other illegally acquired properties of some notorious drug smugglers have also been identified and soon legal action will be taken against them under law.
The drive was conducted under the supervision of SSP ANTF Vinay Sharma.
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