Odisha STF Seizes Properties worth Rs 1 Cr of Interstate Drug Peddler
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has seized ill-gotten properties worth Rs 1 crore of an interstate drug peddler who was arrested earlier this month from Palasipara Police Station area in Nadia district in West Bengal. The interstate drug peddler Lal Mohammad is currently in judicial custody. The accused is a habitual [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has seized ill-gotten properties worth Rs 1 crore of an interstate drug peddler who was arrested earlier this month from Palasipara Police Station area in Nadia district in West Bengal.
The interstate drug peddler Lal Mohammad is currently in judicial custody. The accused is a habitual drug trafficker of Murshidabad (West Bengal) having links with interstate traffickers, who used to supply contrabands to the drug peddlers of Odisha, the STF said in a statement.
Under the provision of chapter V-A of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act (Section A- Z), there is a provision of seizing and forfeiture of ill-gotten property (illegally acquired property in the last six years), it added.
The process is on to identify other ill-gotten properties from drug trafficking, the STF said.
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