Police attaches properties of drug peddlers in Srinagar, handwara
Srinagar: Continuing its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking and narcotics-related activities under the ongoing “Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan,” police attached immovable properties along with a vehicle belonging to notorious drug peddlers in Khanyar and Handwara area under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a police spokesman said Saturday.
The action was carried out by Police Station Khanyar and Handwara under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act against the accused persons identified as Nazir Ahmad Mir @ Nazir Lashkari Son of Abdul Wahab Mir Resident of Koolipora Khanyar, immovable property consisting of a double-storeyed residential house along with 08 shops constructed on 4.5 marlas of land situated at Koolipora, Khanyar, Srinagar, having an estimated value of approximately ₹3.2 Crore, was attached in connection with FIR No. 08/2020 U/S 8/20 NDPS Act of Police Station Khanyar, he said.
He said that besides a vehicle belonging to Gulzar Ahmad Mir Son of Abdul Rahman Mir Resident of Baghi Roop Singh, Miskeen Bagh, Khanyar, bearing Registration No. JK01AW-8898 valued at approximately ₹20 lakh along with immovable property comprising 07 marlas of land and a temporary structure erected thereon, having a combined estimated value of approximately ₹1.8 crore, was attached in connection with FIR No. 08/2026 U/S 8/21/29 NDPS Act of Police Station Khanyar.
Besides, property belonging to Zahid Manzoor Rather Son of Manzoor Ahmad Rather Resident of Lone Mohalla, Nowpora Khanyar, consisting of a single-storeyed residential house constructed on 09 marlas of land, having an estimated value of approximately ₹80 lakh, was attached in connection with FIR No. 96/2020 U/S 8/20 NDPS Act of Police Station Khanyar.
The attached properties have been identified as illegally acquired assets generated through proceeds of narcotics trafficking and drug peddling.
Meanwhile, police in Handwara struck a significant blow to the narcotics network by attaching a residential house belonging to Abdul Hameed Sheikh son of Abdul Rashid Sheikh resident of Kachloo Kralgund Handwara.
The action has been carried out under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, as part of an intensified crackdown aimed not only at arresting offenders but also dismantling the financial infrastructure supporting the drug trade.
The attached property has been identified as having been renovated through proceeds generated from illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, marking a decisive step in targeting illegally acquired assets. The accused is involved in multiple FIRs in NDPS Act, the spokesman added.
