Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) has expedited steps for seizure of property of a drug peddler named Sk Lalu who was arrested from Nadia district in West Bengal earlier this month.
So far, a palatial building owned by Lalu worth Rs 1 crore has been identified and seized. Efforts are on the identify more such assets acquired by drug money and to seize those, the STF stated.
“Under the provision of chapter V A of NDPS Act (Section A- Z) there is a provision of seizing and forfeiture of ill gotten property (illegally acquired property in last six years),” a senior STF official said.
The accused is a habitual drug trafficker of Murshidabad (West Bengal) having links with interstate traffickers, who used to supply contrabands to the drug peddlers of Odisha, the official added.
