SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police attached illegal properties worth rupees twenty-four lakhs belonging to a ‘notorious’ drug peddler in Baramulla district on Friday.
A police spokesperson in a statement said, “Continuing its action against drug peddlers, Police in Baramulla attached properties (a double-storied residential house worth approximately Rs. 24.00 lakhs) belonging to notorious drug peddler Mohd Zahid Shah (Geelani), son of Peer Hussain Shah, resident of Basgran Uri, District Baramulla.”
“The action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of NDPS Act of 1985 and is linked with case FIR No. 54/2022 u/s 8/21 NDPS Act of PS Uri. The property was identified as illegally acquired property during the course of the investigation/inquiry conducted by the Police. The property was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic substances by the drug peddler,” it reads.
