Himachal: Police gets nod to freeze drug traffickers' assets worth Rs 74.12 Lakh

Dharamshala, Oct 17 (UNI) The competent authority in New Delhi has confirmed the freezing of assets worth around Rs 74.12 lakh linked to an accused in an alleged drug-related case in Himachal Pradesh's Nurpur police district, police said today. A police spokesperson said the action was taken under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as part of the state government's intensified campaign against drug trafficking, following the directions of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. The assets include a two-storey residential-cum-commercial building housing seven shops in Labh village of Jawali tehsil, valued at around Rs 68.99 lakh, and a…