Srinagar, Nov 30: In a significant action against the drug menace, Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached two residential properties worth approximately ₹45 lakhs belonging to notorious drug peddlers in Charar-i-Shareif area of Budgam.
A double-storey residential house at village Bonhard Charwani, Charar-i-Shareif, belonging to Khurshid Ahmad Ganie, son of Mohammad Abdullah Ganie, involved in FIR No. 100/2024 under Sections 8/15–20 NDPS Act of Police Station Charar-i-Shareif, has been attached.
Similarly, another double-storey residential house at village Nowhar Sarfkhud, Charar-i-Shareif, belonging to Mehraj Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Hassan Shah, involved in FIR No. 08/2021 under Section 8/20 NDPS Act of the same Police Station, has also been attached.
Police said investigations confirmed that both accused had raised these properties through proceeds of illicit narcotics trafficking. The attachments were executed after completing all legal formalities and based on concrete evidence.
Authorities reiterated their zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking and urged the public to cooperate in reporting suspicious activities to safeguard communities from the menace of narcotics.
