J&K Police Attaches Properties Of 2 Drug Peddlers In Rajouri, Udhampur

JAMMU, Apr 17: Jammu and Kashmir Police has attached properties worth more than Rs 55 lakh belonging to two drug peddlers in Rajouri and Udhampur districts as part of a crackdown on narcotics, officials said on Friday.
In Rajouri, police attached a single-storey residential building worth about Rs 43.13 lakh owned by Sourab Kumar from Muradpur, an accused in multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they said.
In Udhampur, police attached a Honda City car bearing a fake registration number worth around Rs 12 lakh belonging to Rakesh Kumar, a known drug peddler from Bishnah, the officials said.
It was found that the car was purchased using proceeds of narcotics trafficking, they said.
The actions were part of the ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan’ to curb drug trafficking and dismantle the financial networks of those involved in it, the officials said. (AGENCIES)