SRINAGAR: Police in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday attached immovable properties worth Rs 13.05 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Bijbehara under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The attachment was carried out by Police Station Bijbehara against Ab Gani Dar, son of Ali Mohd Dar, a resident of Tulkhun, Bijbehara, who is involved in multiple NDPS cases, police said.
The attached assets include a double-storey concrete residential house and 17 kanals and 15 marlas of commercial and agricultural land, with a combined assessed value of Rs 13,05,00,000.
Police said the action was aimed at dismantling the financial networks of drug traffickers and targeting properties allegedly acquired through proceeds of drug-related activities.
Anantnag Police reiterated its commitment to taking stringent legal action against drug trafficking and appealed to the public to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the fight against the drug menace.
