Key Takeaways
- Jammu and Kashmir police attach properties of 2 drug peddlers in Baramulla under NDPS Act.
- The action aims to combat the drug menace in the region and prevent illicit activities.
- The police will continue to take strong action against drug peddlers and their assets.
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday attached the “illegal properties” of two drug peddlers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Police said that a single-story residential house and a double story shopping complex with two separate washrooms, worth Rs 60 lakhs, belonging to notorious drug peddlers Mohammad Ayoob Shah and Ghulam Mohammad Shah, aka Gulshah, were attached at Ladoora Rafiabad.
“Under sections 68-E and 68-F (1) of the NDPS Act, police took action against two drug peddlers in Baramulla district.,” the police added.
“The property was identified as illegally acquired property during the course of the investigation or inquiry conducted by the police. The property was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the drug peddlers,” police said, adding that this operation reaffirmed the commitment of the police to combat the drug menace.
