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Delhi Police Deepen NDPS Financial Probe, Freeze Rs 21.5 Crore in 2025

A shift from arrests to money trails aims to disable cartels by targeting proceeds under the NDPS Act.

Last year, the crime branch seized properties worth ₹5 crores belonging to 28 narco offenders.

Overview

  • Properties worth more than Rs 27 crore tied to narcotics offenders have been frozen over the past three years, police data show.
  • In 2025 through September 15, assets worth about Rs 21.5 crore linked to 30 accused were frozen, with Rs 17.5 crore credited to the ANTF.
  • Financial investigations are underway against 19 additional offenders involving assets valued above Rs 5 crore, according to Special CP Devesh Chandra Srivastava.
  • Investigators are using Section 68 asset-attachment powers alongside data platforms such as NIDAAN, FIU-IND, and ICJS, plus banking and digital-forensic analysis.
  • Police say the financial crackdown is exposing inter-state and international linkages and bolstering trial-stage prosecutions under a zero-tolerance policy.