The Election Commission has made total seizures worth over ₹4.73 crore in the last 24 hours. With this, the total seizures since March 16 when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in Karnataka touched ₹20.62 crore. This includes cash, liquor, drugs, and precious metals.
After the MCC came into force, the amount of cash seized was ₹1.87 crore, while liquor worth ₹18.58 crore, narcotics worth ₹10.73 lakh and freebies worth ₹5.45 lakh were seized, said a release from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.
A total of 135 FIRs have been registered with regard to seizures of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and freebies. As many as 7,790 non-bailable warrants were executed from the date of announcement of elections, said the release.