Peddler’s property attached

Srinagar, May 12: A residential house and land worth Rs 1.2 crore in Srinagar district, belonging to a drug peddler, was attached during the ongoing 100-day-long Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan, police said on Tuesday.

Continuing its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property comprising a double-storeyed residential house along with land worth approximately Rs 1.2 crores situated at Gasoo Hazratbal, a police statement said.

The property belongs to Maqsood Hussain Khan, son of Abdul Majeed Khan, resident of Banday Lane, Hazratbal, and at present Gasoo Hazratbal.

The attachment has been carried out by Police Station Nigeen under the provisions of Section 68(F)(1) of the NDPS Act, 1985, in connection with FIR No. 42/2023 U/S 8/20, 21, 29 NDPS Act of Police Station Nigeen and FIR No. 20/2025 U/S 8/21 NDPS Act of Police Station Ganderbal.

During the course of the investigation, the said property was identified as illegally acquired property linked to illicit drug trafficking activities. Through the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the said property.

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