Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Anantnag district said on Saturday it has attached immovable property belonging to a drug peddler worth Rs 13.05 crore.
A statement said police attached immovable properties worth around Rs 13.05 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
The action was carried out by Police Station Bijbehara against Abdul Gani Dar, son of Ali Mohammad Dar, a resident of Tulkhun, Bijbehara, who is involved in multiple cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they said.
The attached properties include a double-storey concrete residential house and 17 kanals and 15 marlas of commercial and agricultural land, with an assessed value of Rs 13.05 crore, officials said.
They said the attachment was part of the police’s sustained action against drug trafficking and aimed at dismantling the financial networks of drug peddlers by targeting proceeds generated through illegal activities.
Jammu and Kashmir Police has intensified its statewide crackdown against drug trafficking and peddlers, registering multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and seizing large quantities of contraband.
Multiple arrests have been made in Anantnag, Bijbehara, Uttrasoo, Pahalgam, and Kulgam. Police recovered heroin, cannabis powder, charas, and over 13 kg of bung bosa during separate naka checking operations.
Srinagar Police and district teams have launched surprise checkpoint (naka) interceptions, arresting peddlers carrying substantial quantities of heroin and illicit substances.
Samba and Jammu Police units have busted inter-state drug and arms networks, apprehending multiple habitual and hardcore peddlers coming from neighbouring states like Punjab and seizing heroin (chitta) and vehicles used in transit.
All apprehended suspects are booked under strict provisions of the NDPS Act, with vehicles and cash assets tied to narcotics syndicates being seized.
–IANS
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