DRUG Enforcement Commission Director General Nason Banda says individuals who feel the seizure of their properties suspected to be proceeds of crime was not done properly are free to engage the Commission. Commenting on Lusaka Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota’s recent remarks that there was need to address the issue of prolonged seizure of properties by law enforcement agencies if government was indeed upholding the rule of law, Banda said properties suspected to be proceeds of crime must be seized to enable investigations. “How can we not seize suspected proceeds of crime? If it’s a proceed of crime, it must be seized so that we finish off with our investigations and if our investigations yield otherwise, we are not ashamed to release...

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