Police to auction vehicle used for drug trafficking

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 9: Police in Anantnag today ordered the auction of a vehicle used in the commission of narcotics offences, marking the first such initiative in Jammu and Kashmir under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
A Police spokesman said that the SSP Anantnag Amod Ashok Nagpure issued the order for auction of the vehicle bearing registration No. DL8CR0936, which was seized in connection with a narcotics case.
“The vehicle has been ordered for disposal after obtaining necessary legal sanction from the Court under Section 52-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act,” the spokesman added.