Haryana Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has already identified a list of nearly 100 drug smugglers in the state to attach or demolish their illegal properties. Information reveals that the state government has already seized 342 illegal properties of more than 75 drug smugglers of value worth Rs 43 crore in recent past some time, now has prepared a list of another nearly 100 more big drug smugglers whose drug business spreading in the states as well as outside Haryana state has alraedy been identified. O.P. Singh Director Genaral Narcotic Control Bureau in the state said that an action plan to confiscate these illegall properties of hundreds crore will be seized shortly for which an action plan has been prepared by the state police department.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Home Minister Anil Vij alongwith new Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor and Narcotics Control Bureau Director General OP Singh has prepared a road map to break the back of drug smugglers by contacting the police of such states where network of business is spreading fast as well. Following their instructions, the state police is also engaged in contacting banks in Haryana and outside Haryana states, so that the accounts of drug smugglers can be searched and the amount deposited in them can be ascertained. The police also keep an eye on such bank accounts from which huge sums of money have recently been transferred elsewhere. Police are keeping an eye on smugglers’ relatives and associates.
DGP said, Haryana Police is also engaged in collecting details of movable and immovable assets of drug smugglers as well as their associates and family members. Haryana Police plans to destroy the drug lords flourishing in the state by using the powers obtained by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, since there is a provision in the NDPS Act that government authorities can seize, freeze and confiscate properties acquired from illegal drug trade. Under this Act, financial investigation and seizure of the assets directly or indirectly linked to drug smugglers is initiated. Taking action under the Act, properties are identified and seizure orders are prepared by the concerned local SHO. Implementation of these orders require the approval of the authorized authority located in Delhi.
While talking to media persons Shatrujit Kapoor DGP Haryana said the properties can be seized from drug smugglers include everything from residential as well as commercial houses, expensive vehicles to several types of high financial investments with main objective of operation to break the nexus of major drug smugglers in the state and eliminate their illegal earnings. He said, the state police is in contact with several departments including banks, transport authorities and the other revenue departments so that the government can take control of their illegal wealth earned by such hard core criminals. The records of the property earned by drug smugglers are being examined so that these properties cannot be sold to anyone else in future and a complete ban can be imposed on them. Government also keeping an eye on associates and relatives of drug smugglers.
Haryana Narcotics Control Bureau chief OP Singh said that the campaign to take action against drug smugglers will soon spread across the state and as many as 100 big drug mafias in the state are on their radar. He said, the Bureau is currently tracing movable and immovable properties of these smugglers and their associates and a final roadmap is being prepared for their possible seizure and wipe out this illegal business from Haryana state completel.
