SRINAGAR: Police in central kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 5.60 crore under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, in a major action aimed at dismantling the financial network of alleged drug traffickers operating in the city.
The attachments were carried out under Section 68F of the NDPS Act. According to police, the properties have been identified as assets allegedly acquired through proceeds of illicit drug trafficking and are subject to confirmation by the Competent Authority wherever applicable.
Police Station Chanapora attached seven properties linked to accused persons involved in separate NDPS cases. The attached assets include property worth around Rs 65 lakh belonging to Mohd Yaseen Rather of Chanapora in connection with FIR No. 42/2023 under Sections 8/21 and 22 of the NDPS Act; Rs 60 lakh belonging to Suhail Rashid Haroon of Gousia Colony, Lal Nagar, in FIR No. 41/2025 under Sections 8/22 and 29; Rs 75 lakh belonging to Mohd Asif Rather of Bagh-i-Mehtab in FIR No. 35/2026 under Section 8/21; and Rs 35 lakh belonging to Arsalan Syed Beigh of Azad Basti, Natipora, in FIR No. 28/2026 under Section 8/21.
Also attached were property worth approximately Rs 1 crore belonging to Hilal Ahmad Parray of Budshah Nagar, Natipora, in FIR No. 23/2026 under Sections 8/21 and 29; Rs 75 lakh belonging to Danish Reyaz Shah of Sanat Nagar in FIR No. 21/2025 under Sections 8/22 and 29; and Rs 70 lakh belonging to Saqib Naseer Beigh of Baramulla, presently residing at Natipora, in FIR No. 45/2025 under Sections 8/21 and 29 of the NDPS Act.
In a separate action, Police Station Saddar attached a residential house valued at approximately Rs 80 lakh belonging to Shaheem Farooq Bhat of SD Colony, Natipora, in connection with FIR No. 08/2026 registered under Sections 8/21 and 29 of the NDPS Act.
Police said the action forms part of its strategy to target the financial infrastructure supporting narcotics trafficking by depriving alleged drug peddlers of assets generated through illegal activities.
Reaffirming its commitment to the ongoing Nasha Mukti Jammu Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police appealed to the public to continue sharing information related to drug trafficking and other criminal activities, assuring that all credible inputs would be treated with strict confidentiality.
