Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that it has attached a double-storied residential house valuing approximately Rs 20,97,291/- belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Fayaz Ahmad Rather S/o Gh Mohd Rather R/o Karimabad and Two Shops with 2nd floor as residential apartment valuing approximately Rs 27,35,186/- which belongs to a drug peddler namely Mohd Maqbool Bhat @Tola S/o Ali Mohd Bhat R/o Dalipora Pulwama under section 8/21-29 NDPS Act 1985.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that this action follows a thorough investigation, identifying these properties as illegally acquired during the course of illicit drug trafficking, adding therein that both individuals are currently under legal custody, reinforcing J&K Police’s commitment to combating activities detrimental to public safety and national security.
Stating that the attachment was carried out in accordance with the due legal process outlined in FIR No. 301/2023 U/S 8/21-29 NDPS Act of Police Station Pulwama, Police in it’s statement underscored the vigilant stance of Pulwama Police against those involved in the drug trade.
In the concluding para of it’s above quoted statement Police said that local people of the area have hailed the initiative of it with regard to the attachment of properties, which have been raised/ used from illicit trafficking of narcotics by the drug peddlers in the District Pulwama.
