ANTF freezes accounts linked with narco trade, Vehicle & gold items seized

Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that during financial investigation in a case under FIR No.01 of 2022, ANTF (a specialized unit of J&K Police to check the rising menace of Narcotics) has found various bank accounts, one vehicle and gold items worth lakhs linked with narco trade and accordingly, all the accounts have been freezed and vehicle and gold items have also been seized.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that Anti-Narcotics Task Force Kashmir recovered 108 Kgs and 295 grams of Poppy Straw packed in empty apple boxes/ concealed in truck bearing registration No. PB65AK-1791 at Al-Stop Mir Bazaar Anantnag on 26th September,2022 , Stating therein further that the truck driver along with its conductor have been arrested on spot and vehicle involved in commission of crime has also been seized.
Stating that during investigation with regard to backward/forward linkage of the recovered contraband involvement of other South Kashmir based drug peddlers and 1 Ludhiana based drug peddler surfaced in the case, Police in it’s above referred statement further said that the Ludhiana based drug peddler a kingpin of Narco Trade has been found financing the illegal trade of Narcotics in Jammu Kashmir and Punjab, Stating therein further that 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.
Police in it’s statement also said ‘it surfaced that the Ludhiana based drug peddler @ Sunder has transferred huge amount worth lakhs into the Bank Accounts of involved drug peddlers namely @Gowhar and@ Nazir who were arrested in the instant case’, adding that ‘Besides this, huge amount worth lakhs were found in the Bank Accounts of these two South Kashmir based drug peddlers and their family members and a vehicle Creta worth Rs. 11,10,172/- and Gold coins worth Rs. 10,66,300/- have also been found illegally acquired by the said arrested accused persons from illegal Narco Trade.
“Accordingly, 02 Freezing Order No’s ANTF/K/FIR/01/2022/1827-33 dated 28.12.2022 and ANTF/K/FIR/01/2022/01-08 dated 02.01.2023 were issued by freezing the Bank Accounts /other illegally acquired property in respect of above mentioned South Kashmir based drug peddlers”, reads the above referred police statement, adding that “ An amount of rupees twenty four lakh fifty two thousand and one hundred forty nine (Rs. 2452149), vehicle Creata worth Eleven lakh ten thousand one hundred and seventy two (Rs. 11,10,172) and Gold coins worth ten lakh sixty six thousand and three hundred (Rs. 10,66,300) has been freezed/seized by Anti Narcotics Task Force Kashmir (ANTF Kashmir) and the said Freezing Orders were confirmed by the competent Authority and Administrator under SAFEM/NDPS Act-1985 Lok Nayak Bhawan New Delhi vide confirmation order No’s u/s 68 F(2) F. No. CA/DL/J&K/NDPS/POL/41/22-23/1653-1661 dated 25.01.2023 and F. No. CA/DL/J&K/NDPS/POL/41/22-23/1676-1680 dated 30.01.2023.
In the concluding para of the above quoted statement police said that by identifying/Freezing the illegally acquired property of drug peddlers who are dealing in illegal Narco Trade in an organized manner has affected their illegal trade badly by depriving them from Proceeds of Narcotics, Stating therein further that other illegally acquired properties of some Notorious Drug Smugglers have also been identified and soon legal action will be taken against them under law.