Sopore Police freezes illegally acquired money worth Rs 1.25 crores of drug peddler

SOPORE August 29:

Sopore Police on Tuesday freezed and initiated forfeiture proceedings of money worth Rs 1.25 crore of notorious drug traffickers. Police said that illegally acquired wealth amounting to Rs one crore twenty-five lakhs, six thousand three hundred seventy-seven rupees of a notorious drug trafficker – Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ali Mohammad Bhat of Umerabad HMT in Srinagar, has been freezer. Bhat was arrested under the NDPS Act earlier this year, along with the banned drugs.

Sopore Police freezed and initiated forfeiture proceedings of huge amount of illegally acquired wealth amounting to Rs. 1,25,06,377.10 (One Crore Twenty Five Lakhs Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Seven Rupees) under the NDPS Act. 1/1

— Sopore Police (@SoporePolice) August 29, 2023

The proceedings and freezing of the account of the notorious drug peddler came to the fore following a thorough investigation by Police Station Bomai in a case under FIR number 26 of 2023 under section 8/22 of the NDPS Act of PS Bomai.