Ludhiana: The Ludhiana police will soon start the process of attaching properties of smugglers held with commercial quantities of drugs. The city police have started preparing their list. Besides, to curb the drug menace, the cops are also planning preventive detention of habitual drug peddlers.
The officials have sought the list of arrested drug peddlers from all the SHOs, who have been asked to submit the report as early as possible.
An official working on the project said, “It is also important to take action against habitual drug peddlers, who have been arrested several times, as after coming out on bail they start smuggling again. So, we are preparing a list of habitual peddlers arrested by all police stations. Secondly, we will start work to attach properties of smugglers arrested with commercial quantities of drugs.”
The police can attach properties purchased by accused within six years of the first NDPS Act case against them.
The official said, “Not only the drug smugglers, but their family members and first relatives’ properties can also be attached if it is proved that these were purchased with drug money within six years of the first FIR. The city police may start the process by next month.”
What is commercial quantity?
The commercial quantity of opium is 2.5kg or above, poppy husk 50kg or above, heroin and smack 250g or above, ICE 50g or above, cocaine 100g or above, charas 1kg or above, cannabis (ganja) 20kg or above and morphine 100g or above.