Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 9: 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. |
