Last updated: 28 April 2025

Punjab Police have forfeited Rs 324.28 crores worth 459 properties of 602 big smugglers during March 2022 to Sep 2024^[1]

1 March - 28 April 2025^[2]
-- Arrested 31 hawala operators and seized ₹8.03 crore in drug money
-- ₹32.95 crore worth property belonging to 81 smugglers freezed

¶ Targetting Profits/Properties of Smuggling

Many more cases to freeze properties worth ₹100s crores are pending with competent authority

References:

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1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/nearly-40-000-drug-smugglers-held-in-past-2-5-years-punjab-police-101726511792404.html ↩︎

2. https://yespunjab.com/dgp-gaurav-yadav-calls-review-meeting-with-all-cps-and-ssps/ ↩︎

3. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-police-high-profile-crimes-solved-terrorists-arrested-2024-9754223/ ↩︎

4. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=176620 ↩︎