Residential properties worth ₹2.25 crore of drug traffickers attached in J&K

The properties belonged to Rayees Ahmed Dar, Sabzar Ahmad Dar, Mudasir Ahmed Dar and Zahid Ahmad Dar, all residents of Tulkhan, Bijbehara

Stepping up the crackdown against drug traffickers, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday attached four residential properties worth ₹2.25 crore, belonging to alleged peddlers, in Anantnag.

The J&K Police on Tuesday had arrested 18 alleged drug peddlers from the Union territory. (File)

This comes a day after J&K Police nabbed 18 drug peddlers from across the Union Territory.

A police spokesperson said, “Police in Anantnag have frozen four residential properties under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The properties are linked to individuals allegedly involved in the illicit narcotics trade in the district.”

The properties belonged to Rayees Ahmed Dar, Sabzar Ahmad Dar, Mudasir Ahmed Dar and Zahid Ahmad Dar, all residents of Tulkhan, Bijbehara.

“Preliminary investigations have revealed that these properties were acquired through proceeds generated from illegal narcotics activities. Acting under the provisions of the NDPS Act, the competent authority has ordered the freezing of these assets. The cumulative market value of the frozen properties is estimated to be approximately ₹2.25 crore,” the spokesman said, adding, further investigation into the matter is underway.

Police also demolished a shopping complex of a drug trafficker in Pulwama.