Srinagar, May 15: Continuing its efforts to uproot the menace of drug abuse in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have intensified their crackdown on drug peddlers while two houses were attached in Jammu and Sopore under the ongoing operation “SANJEEVANI”.
The Jammu Police have attached a residential property worth lakhs belonging to a notorious drug peddler, Fareed Ali, son of Jamat Ali, resident of Ragoora, Jammu, under section 68-F of the NDPS Act 1985.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Anand Jain told Rising Kashmir that under operation ‘SANJEEVANI’, Jammu Police struck another blow against drug peddlers in Raghoora, Bagh-e-Bahu area.
“Notorious drug peddler Fareed Ali’s residential property worth lakhs is attached under NDPS Act. This relentless action reaffirms our resolve to combat the drug menace,” he said, adding that operations against drug peddlers will continue.
The residential house, identified as unlawfully acquired during police investigations, is suspected to be procured from the proceeds of illicit drug trafficking. Ali has been implicated in multiple cases related to drug offenses, including FIR numbers 92/2020, 40/2022, 120/2022, and 90/2023 under various sections of the NDPS Act at PS Bagh e Bahu, Jammu.
Earlier two properties worth crores in the Rajeev Nagar area of PS Bahu Fort were attached by the Jammu Police, further demonstrating their resolute stance against narcotics trafficking. The Jammu Police remains dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of the citizens by tackling the scourge of drugs head-on, he said.
Similarly in Sopore, police said it has attached a single storey residential house worth approximately Rs 16 lakhs and 10 marlas land valued approximately Rs 5 lakhs located in village Reban area of Sopore, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The spokesman said that the properties belong to a notorious drug peddler identified as Mohammad Ashraf a resident of RebanSopore.
“The said properties were acquired by the accused from the gains of selling drugs. The inquiry revealed that the said immovable property was raised/ used for Illicit Trafficking by the drug peddler,” he said.
