Barnala, June 27 -- The Barnala police have frozen drug money amounting to Rs.60.2 lakh under section 68(F) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, linked to a case registered in July 2020, deputy superintendent of police Satvir Singh said on Friday.

As per the information, the police got the drug money frozen by the competent authority and administrator, smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators (forfeiture of property) in New Delhi. In such matters, the police prepare and send proposals to the competent authority, which then processes and issues further directives.

The drug money is directly linked to a case registered in July 2020 under sections 21, 22, and 29/61/85 of the NDPS Act at the Barnala police statio...