In yet another biggest attachment of properties owned by drug peddlers, Haryana Police has frozen the ill-gotten assets of a drug peddler and his spouse, worth over Rs one crore in Sirsa district. These properties were acquired through the ….
Drug peddler’s ill-gotten assets worth over Rs 1 crore freezed in Sirsa
Chandigarh, February 4 – In yet another biggest attachment of properties owned by drug peddlers, Haryana Police has frozen the ill-gotten assets of a drug peddler and his spouse, worth over Rs one crore in Sirsa district. These properties were acquired through the smuggling of narcotics.
Sharing the details here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that cases under NDPS Act were registered against accused Veer Singh, a resident of village Mallekan. He was arrested in 2005 with 360 kg oChurara post and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2007 and a penalty of Rs one lakh was also imposed on him. A case under NDPS Act was again registered against him in Punjab in 2017 in connection with the recovery of 500-gram opium.
From the assessment done by the police through the revenue department, it has been found that Veer Singh bought 25 kanal 16 marla agricultural land worth about Rs 70.5 lakh from drug money, while his wife Paramjit Kaur acquired 10 kanal 3 marla land worth about Rs. 30 lakh. Veer Singh has been doing drug trade for a long time and has bought this property only with illegal money from drugs.
Earlier also, police had attached assets of many drug smuggler and their family members worth crores of rupees on the orders of the competent authority. This action will send a strong message among drug peddlers that their property can be confiscated if they still do not refrain from this illegal trade, he added.
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