Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler
Anantnag: In a decisive move against the drug menace, Police in Anantnag attached immovable property belonging to a notorious drug peddler under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a police spokesman said Thursday.
He said that acting under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, 1985, police attached a single-storey residential house belonging to Azad Ali Khan son of Gull Ali Khan resident of Kehribal Ranbirpora Mattan.
The said individual has been a repeated offender and is involved in multiple NDPS cases, including FIR No. 68/2013 U/S 8/20 NDPS Act, FIR No. 82/2017 U/S 15/18 NDPS Act and FIR No. 10/2022 U/S 8/15 NDPS Act & 48 Excise Act of Police Station Mattan. The action was taken as part of legal proceedings to disrupt the illicit gains from drug-related activities, the spokesman added.
The property was identified as illegally acquired during the course of investigation and enquiry conducted by Mattan Police, and was established to have been procured through illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The offender had been previously detained under the PIT-NDPS Act at District Jail Reasi, Jammu, and has been recently released, he said.
