Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 31: Aiming to combat the menace of drug trafficking, police today freezed the bank accounts and seized an amount of Rs. 16.33 lacs belonging to a drug smuggler in Baramulla.
Baramulla Police led by SDPO Uri Shokat Ali assisted by SHO PS Uri freezed bank accounts and seized cash to the tune of Rs. 16.33 lacs belonging to drug Smuggler namely Maqsood Ahmad Bhatti son of Bagh Ali Bhatti resident of Madiyan Kamalkote after obtaining legal sanction from competent authorities, police said.
“The cash was linked to case FIR No. 22/2023 u/s 8/21, 27 NDPS Act of Police Station Uri. The investigation proved that the said movable property in the form of cash was raised/ used for illicit trafficking by the drug smuggler,” police said.
Police added that the cash to the tune of Rs. 14.76 lacs was recovered from the drug smuggler at the time of NDPS case registration and amount to the tune of Rs. 1.56 lacs which was lying in his bank accounts was frozen after receiving orders from competent authorities.