Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) J&K Police said on Monday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding drug peddler in the Sopore sub-division of Baramulla district.

“In a major action against the narcotics ecosystem under the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, Sopore police have attached two immovable properties worth over Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding and notorious drug peddler under the provisions of Section 68F of the NDPS Act, 1985,” a police statement said

The attached properties, comprising a double-storey residential house with a boundary wall and land measuring 1 kanal 10 marlas under Survey No. 365 Min, belong to Mohammad Ashraf Mir alias Ashu, son of Late Farooq Ahmad Mir, resident of Jamia Qadeem, Sopore, presently residing at Krankshivan Colony, Nageen Bagh-B, Sopore.

The attachment has been made in connection with FIR No. 23/2026 of Police Station Sopore, after a detailed financial investigation revealed that the properties had been acquired through proceeds generated from illicit narcotics trafficking.

The attachment proceedings were executed in the presence of independent witnesses in accordance with the provisions of the NDPS Act.

Mir is absconding in the said NDPS case. A Hue and Cry Notice/Look Out Notice has already been issued against him. He is also involved in multiple NDPS cases, indicating his continued involvement in drug trafficking activities.

With this action, Sopore police has further intensified its crackdown on the financial infrastructure sustaining the narcotics trade.

By attaching illegally acquired assets, the objective is to deprive drug traffickers of the proceeds of crime and dismantle the economic foundations of the narcotics network.

Sopore police reiterates its zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking and substance abuse. Stringent legal as well as financial action shall continue against all those involved in the narcotics trade. The action forms part of the sustained efforts under the 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan to eradicate the drug menace and build a safer, healthier and drug-free society.

–IANS

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