J&K Police attaches properties worth Rs 3.50 cr of suspected drug peddler

Srinagar, Mar 9 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday attached properties worth Rs 3.50 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Budgam district, officials said.

“In a decisive step towards eliminating the menace of drugs, police have attached immovable properties of a drug peddler in the Soibugh area,” a police spokesman said.

The attached properties — a four-storey shopping complex comprising 40 shops at Nadigam village and around six kanals of land at Chek Wazir Panoo village — belong to Ghulam Ahmad Dar alias Gulsaka, he said.

“The market value of the said properties is around Rs 3.50 crore. The action was carried out under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in connection with a case registered at the Budgam police station,” he added.

The case pertained to the recovery contraband substances codeine phosphate and poppy straw in commercial quantities from the accused’s possession.