‘Nasha Mukt JK Abhyan’: 341 kg narcotics seized, assets worth Rs 200 cr attached in 50 days
Jammu, May 31 (PTI) Touted as the biggest crackdown on drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, the first 50 days of the ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan’ have seen the arrest of over 1,000 peddlers, confiscation of 341 kg of narcotics, and attachment and demolition of properties worth more than Rs 200 crore, officials said.
Launched by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11, the initiative has targeted the entire narcotics ecosystem in the Union territory, dismantling trafficking and narco-terror networks in its wake, they said.
Official figures show that from April 11 to May 29, Jammu and Kashmir Police registered 923 FIRs and arrested 1,018 persons over narcotics-related offences.
During the period, police seized 341 kg of narcotics, including 12 kg of heroin worth Rs 120 crore, besides 23,752 units of psychotropic tablets, they said.
Authorities also detained 55 individuals under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act.
As part of the campaign’s financial onslaught on drug networks, police attached 89 immovable properties worth Rs 63.93 crore and demolished 63 properties valued at Rs 19.77 crore, with action against drug-linked assets valued at more than Rs 83 crore in total, officials said.
They described the operation as a large-scale, people-centric campaign that has mounted a twin attack on drug trafficking networks and narco-terrorism by targeting both offenders and the related financial infrastructure.
“It has not only helped in destroying the drug trafficking and peddling ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir, but also blocked terror financing in the Union territory,” a senior official said, adding that it was the brainchild of the Lt Governor to launch a multi-pronged assault on narco-terror and the drug menace.
