SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla on Saturday said that they attached property belonging to a ‘notorious’ drug smuggler in the Uri area of Baramulla.
A police spokesman, in a statement said that the police attached a property (a double-storeyed residential house worth approximately Rs 30.00 lakhs) owned by the notorious drug smuggler Azad Ahmad Mir, son of Ab Aziz Mir, resident of Dardkote Uri, District Baramulla.
“The action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of the NDPS Act of 1985 and is linked to case FIR No. 222/2021 u/s 8/21,29 NDPS Act of PS Uri. The property was identified as illegally acquired during the course of investigation and inquiry conducted by the Police. It was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the drug smuggler,” the police added.
