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NIA attaches two Amritsar properties in 500-kg heroin case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached two immovable properties in Amritsar belonging to accused Anwar Masih in the 500-kg heroin smuggling case, alleging links to a transnational narco-terror network funding…
The Story in Brief
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached two immovable properties in Amritsar belonging to accused Anwar Masih in the 500-kg heroin smuggling case, alleging links to a transnational narco-terror network funding Lashkar-e-Taiba. The properties, Plot Nos. 128 and 129 in Akash Vihar, were attached under the UAPA, 1967.
The case, registered as RC-26/2020/NIA/DLI and known as the Salaya drug seizure case, involves heroin smuggled from Pakistan by sea. The NIA says its probe found Masih linked to a network spanning Italy, Australia, the UAE, Thailand, Iran, and Pakistan. So far, 26 people have been arrested in the matter.
The Indian Opinion
Reports of narco-terror funding often blur the line between drug busts and terror cells. The NIA has attached properties in the 500-kg heroin case and says proceeds were meant for LeT, but the agency must prove a direct pipeline, not just a network. The test will be how many of the 26 arrested actually face terror financing charges in court, not just drug smuggling.
Source: timesnownews.com
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