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Authority Confirms Rs 10.07 Crore Asset Attachment in NCB Case Against Alleged Drug Kingpin Navin Chichkar

The order formalizes a freeze on bank funds, properties, cash to choke suspected drug proceeds exposed by a Rs 200 crore Navi Mumbai seizure.

Kingpin’s assets worth ₹10 cr attached ₹200-cr drug case

Overview

  • The Competent Authority under SAFEMA and the NDPS Act upheld NCB Mumbai’s August 12 attachment order covering Rs 10.07 crore linked to Navin Chichkar.
  • The freeze includes funds in 15 bank accounts, seized cash, and five immovable properties in Maharashtra.
  • Chichkar was deported from Malaysia to India in May following an Interpol Red Notice coordinated with the CBI and Malaysian authorities.
  • The probe began with a January 31 raid in Navi Mumbai that seized narcotics worth about Rs 200 crore, including 11.54 kg of cocaine, 4.9 kg of ganja, and 5.5 kg of cannabis gummies.
  • Investigators arrested nine suspects and filed a July chargesheet, and they say the syndicate operated from Thailand and Malaysia with alleged links to a Pakistan-born US-based individual and a Tanzania-born trafficker.