In an action against drug trafficking, Kupwara Police have attached 16.5 marlas of illegally acquired land in the Khumriyal area of the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, Police attached illegal properties worth crores belonging to two notorious drug peddlers in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian.
The Sopore Police on Wednesday attached a one-story residential house valued at approximately 16 lakhs and 10 marlas of land valued at approximately 21 lakhs located in the Reban village of Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pulwama police have attached properties worth over Rs 11 lakh belonging to a drug peddler under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, according to an official statement on Tuesday.
Continuing its action against drug peddlers, Baramulla police attached properties worth approx. Rs. 24.00 lakhs belonging to notorious drug peddlers, a resident of Basgran Uri, District Baramulla, said police.
The land has been seized under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, police said, adding that the drug peddler was found involved in two separate cases under Sections 8 and 21 of the NDPS Act at Kralgund police station.
In a significant move to combat the menace of drug trafficking and to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police have attached the property of a notorious drug peddler worth 7.88 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
According to officials, the drug peddler, identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Rather, a resident of Hari Parigam Awantipora, was involved in four cases registered under the NDPS Act and his activities were "incorrigible" and accordingly booked under PIT NDPS Act.
The Police has frozen the bank savings of Rs 3,97,604 and seized one auto load carrier bearing registration No. JK15B-4455, valued at about Rs 3,18,000, belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Irshad Ahmad Khan.