Rs 7.04 lakh in assets forfeited in Maheshwaram's 62.4 kg ganja case
Telangana's EAGLE Force and Maheshwaram police forfeited property worth Rs 7.04 lakh traced to the proceeds of a case in which 62.428 kg of ganja was seized from Md Moulana and Md Mustafa. The assets, including a goods carrier, an autorickshaw and two motorcycles, were forfeited on 4 November 2026 under Section 68F of the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Maheshwaram, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana · India
Telangana’s Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement, known as EAGLE Force,
forfeited movable property worth Rs 7.04 lakh that it traced to the alleged
proceeds of ganjatrafficking in a case registered at Maheshwaram police
station.[1]The forfeiture followed the seizure of 62.428 kg of ganja, a Tata
Ace goods carrier, Rs 10,000 in cash and three mobile phones from Md Moulana and
Md Mustafa.[1]A case was registered against the two men under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Maheshwaram Police Station.[1]Telangana Today dates the arrest of the two men and the seizure of the ganja, an
auto trolley and cash to 2024.[2]
In the financial inquiry that followed, investigators examined financial
transactions, vehicle registration certificates and other ownership documents
bearing on assets allegedly bought with trafficking proceeds.[3]They
identified two bank accounts and four vehicles, a Tata Ace goods carrier, an
autorickshaw and two motorcycles, valued at about Rs 7 lakh.[3]Officers also
froze Rs 4,022 in a bank account belonging to Moulana, bringing the total value
of the identified assets to Rs 7,04,022.[3]The total value of the assets
identified in the case, including the bank balance, stood at Rs 7,04,022.[3]Telangana Today instead lists two autorickshaws, two motorcycles and cash in a
bank account belonging to Moulana as the assets identified.[2]
Officials said the exercise aimed to dismantle the financial foundations of
narcotics trafficking by tracing the money trail and stopping those in the trade
from keeping wealth allegedly made through illegal activity.[1]After
confirmation by the competent authority in Chennai, the properties were
forfeited on November 4 under Section 68F of the NDPS Act, 1985, a provision
that allows assets derived from drug crime to be taken from accused or convicted
traffickers.[1]The financial investigation was carried out by Maheshwaram
police working with the legal wing of EAGLE Force.[3]EAGLE said it was
widening its inquiries beyond drug seizures to trace financial transactions,
assets and wider networks linked to narcotics trafficking, and asked the public
to pass on information about the procurement, transport, storage and sale of
drugs.[3]
Photos and video
Packets of seized ganja laid out in front of uniformed police and other officers; published with the headline as its caption and no separate photo credit.Photo details
The original 62.428 kg ganja seizure in 2024 has no report of its own in the tracker; this report covers the forfeiture of assets traced to it.
Only Telangana Today dates the arrest and seizure to 2024; the other accounts give no date for the original case.
The sources disagree on the vehicles: Siasat and The Hindu list a Tata Ace goods carrier, an autorickshaw and two motorcycles, while Telangana Today lists two autorickshaws and two motorcycles.
Siasat describes Rs 7.04 lakh as the value of the movable assets, while The Hindu gives about Rs 7 lakh for the vehicles and Rs 7,04,022 once the Rs 4,022 frozen in Moulana's account is added.
Telangana Today describes the forfeited assets as including bank deposits, which sits awkwardly with the other accounts' figure for frozen cash.
No court conviction, sentence or acquittal is reported for Moulana or Mustafa, and it is not stated whether either is in custody.
The sources give no date for the original seizure or for the registration of the Maheshwaram case, and no case number.
The Siasat photo is captioned only with the headline and shows packages with officers, so whether it records this case's 2024 seizure cannot be confirmed from the page.
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