Srinagar, Mar 01:Police in Baramulla and KulgamFriday attached the properties of four drug peddlers worth over Rs. 46 lakh.
According to the police in Baramulla, the illegal properties include a double-storied residential house and three vehicles.
“The properties belong to notorious drug peddlers namely MohdZahid Shah (Geelani), son of Peer Hussain Shah, resident of Basgran Uri; Ahtisham-ud-Din Khan, son of Bashir Ahmad, resident of LadooraRafiabad; and Reyaz Ahmad Ganie, son of Gh Hassan, resident of BatangiBoniyar,” police said.
Further, it was noted that the vehicles include two i20s bearing registration numbers JK01AK-2765 and JK05G-5682, and a Scooty bearing registration number JK05G-0116.
Police noted that the action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of the NDPS Act of 1985 and is linked with case FIR No. 54/2022 under sections 8/21 NDPS Act of PS Uri, case FIR No. 71/2023 under sections 8/21-29 NDPS Act of PS Sheeri, and case FIR No. 352/2023 under sections 8/20 NDPS Act of PS Pattan.
“The properties were identified as illegally acquired during the course of the investigation. They were prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the drug peddlers,” police said.
Meanwhile, police in Kulgam today attached a single-storied residential house worth Rs. 10.5 lakh, belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Nisar Ahmad Khanday, son of Bashir Ahmad Khanday, resident of Nipora.
The action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of the NDPS Act of 1985 and is linked with case FIR No. 39/2023 U/S 8/15 of NDPS Act of PS Qazigund, police said.
“The property was identified as illegally acquired during the course of the investigation conducted by the police. It was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the drug peddler.”
