Tamil Nadu: ED attaches assets worth Rs 1.3 cr of drug

ED has attached assets worth Rs 1.3 crore belonging to an alleged drug trafficker in Tamil Nadu in connection with its money laundering probe against him and others.
The central probe agency identified the person as V Kasimayan, who along with his accomplice Seenivasan, had been booked by the state police for their alleged involvement "in the illicit trafficking and selling of ganja from the year 2005 by smuggling the same in bulk from Andhra Pradesh and Orissa for its further sale in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala."
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) took over probe in the case from the state police who had booked the duo under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) during 2005-2013.

"During the course of investigations against the suspects, the proceeds of crime laundered by Kasimayan and his family members out of illicit drug trafficking were identified in the form of six immovable properties consisting of five agricultural lands and one building.
"They are all located in the Theni district of the state and valued at about Rs 1.3 crore," the agency said in a statement.
The probe "revealed that the above properties are acquired by Kasimayan and his family members by laundering the proceeds of crime derived by Kasimayan in his illicit drug trafficking trade," it said.
The agency had earlier attached assets worth Rs 37 lakh against Seenivasan in the same case, they said.