Srinagar Police attach properties worth ₹5.8 crore linked to drug peddlers

Srinagar:Continuing its intensified crackdown against narcotics trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police attached properties worth approximately ₹5.8 crore belonging to three alleged drug peddlers in the Khanyar area.Police said the action was carried out under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act by Police Station Khanyar. The attached assets include immovable properties and a vehicle allegedly acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking.

Among the attached properties is a double-storey residential house along with eight shops belonging to Nazir Ahmad Mir alias Nazir Lashkari at Koolipora, Khanyar, valued at around ₹3.2 crore.Another property attached belongs to Gulzar Ahmad Mir of Miskeen Bagh, Khanyar, which includes a Scorpio vehicle, seven marlas of land and a temporary structure collectively valued at around ₹1.8 crore.

Police also attached a single-storey residential house built on nine marlas of land belonging to Zahid Manzoor Rather of Nowpora Khanyar, valued at approximately ₹80 lakh.Officials said the action forms part of the 100-day anti-drug campaign launched to dismantle narcotics networks and target illegally acquired assets linked to drug trafficking.