SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a relentless effort to curb the menace of drug peddling, the Jammu and Kashmir Police attached an immovable property worth one crore of a notorious drug peddler on Tuesday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
The The Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a double-storey residential house with 15 marlas of land underneath the residential house under section 68-F(2) of NDPS Act 1985 of Mohd Ashraf Bhat, Son of Ghulam Rasool Bhat of Rehpora khudwani, Kulgam.
The said drug peddler was involved in Case FIR Number 43/2023 of Police Station Qazigund and is presently lodged at Central Jail Kupwara.
“The property was identified as illegally acquired property during the course of investigation/enquiry conducted by Kulgam Police. The property was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drug and psychotropic substances by the owner,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police said in a statement.
“This action reaffirms the commitment of Kulgam Police to combat the drug menace. Local people of the area have hailed the initiative of Police with regard to the attachment of immoveable property, which has been raised/used from illicit trafficking of narcotics by the drug peddlers in the Kulgam district,” the statement said. — (KIMS)