Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district said on Tuesday that it has attached immovable property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a drug peddler.

Police said, “Continuing its sustained crackdown against narcotics trafficking under the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan’, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property belonging to a notorious drug peddler in Anantnag district in connection with a narcotics case registered in Srinagar.”

The attached property is a residential house belonging to Aamir Hassan Mir, the son of Ghulam Hassan Mir and a resident of Bonpora Dupatyar in the Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district constructed over land bearing Khasra number 134 situated there.

The property has an estimated market value of nearly Rs 1 crore.

The action was carried out under Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act in connection with an FIR under Section of 8/20 NDPS Act registered at the Shergari Police Station in Srinagar.

The attachment proceedings were executed in the presence of the Executive Magistrate First Class at Bijbehara after completion of all due legal formalities.

The said property will neither be sold, transferred, nor otherwise dealt with without prior permission of the competent authority.

Srinagar Police reiterates its firm commitment towards dismantling narcotics networks and taking stringent legal action against individuals involved in drug trafficking and related activities.

Police also appeals to the general public to cooperate and share any information related to drug peddling or narcotics networks so as to help build a drug-free society.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, while inaugurating the ongoing 100-day long ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan’ on April 6, said that punishments against drug smugglers, peddlers and traders would include cancellation of Aadhaar card, passport, driving licence and attachment of property.

Jammu and Kashmir Police and the security forces have been carrying out aggressive anti-drug operations and properties worth crores of rupees have so far been attached in addition to arrest of several people involved in drug trade.

–IANS

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