Chandigarh, Aug. 7 -- In a move to cripple the financial infrastructure of drug peddlers, the Chandigarh Police has frozen properties worth Rs 5.19 crore under Section 68F(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

The orders were issued by Police Station Anti-Narcotics Task Force (PS-ANTF) and Police Station Crime (PS-Crime), under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Crime Jasbir Singh and supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police Crime Dhiraj Kumar.

In a case registered under FIR No dated July 28, 2023, at PS sector 34, Chandigarh Police froze immovable property worth Rs. 4.25 crore and seized drug money amounting to Rs 78.60 lakh.

The properties, belonging to Money Kalra and his parents Neelam a...