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UP Seizes Rs 78.5 Cr in Narcotics-Linked Properties This Year, Intensifies Crackdown
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News18•24-09-2026, 21:30
UP Seizes Rs 78.5 Cr in Narcotics-Linked Properties This Year, Intensifies Crackdown
- •Uttar Pradesh confiscated properties worth approximately Rs 78.5 crore in 69 cases this year, a fourfold increase from the previous year, in intensified action against narcotics traffickers.
- •The combined efforts by the Uttar Pradesh Police and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) occurred between January 1 and September 23.
- •The state government's campaign against the narcotics trade also includes initiating detention proceedings under the PIT-NDPS Act against drug traffickers.
- •DGP Rajeev Krishna stated the objective is to dismantle networks and target assets acquired through the narcotics trade, aiming for a drug-free Uttar Pradesh by 2029.
- •Properties allegedly acquired through narcotics trafficking are provisionally frozen and then permanently confiscated under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the NDPS Act to weaken traffickers financially.
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Uttar Pradesh has confiscated properties worth approximately Rs 78.5 crore across 69 cases between January 1 and September 23.
Under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the NDPS Act, properties acquired through narcotics trafficking are provisionally frozen and permanently confiscated after investigation and a due hearing.
Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Rajeev Krishna stated that the state is intensifying efforts to dismantle traffickers' financial networks with the goal of making Uttar Pradesh drug-free by 2029.
