Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 7: Police in Anantnag today attached the property of a notorious drug peddler under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, worth Rs 1 crore.
Authorities said that a double-storeyed residential house built over 5 marlas of land and owned by Peer Iftikar Hussain, a resident of Hutmurah, Mattan, has been attached under Section 68-F(1) of the NDPS Act.
“The action, taken by Police Station Mattan in connection with FIR No. 103/2024, involves property valued at approximately Rs 1 crore,” they said.
Meanwhile, in Sopore, police arrested three drug peddlers and recovered 288 capsules of SpasmoProxyvon Plus from their possession.
Authorities stated that a police party of Police Station Tarzoo, under the supervision of SDPO Sopore, at a checkpoint established at Krankshivan Colony, intercepted a vehicle (Omni) bearing registration number JK05F-5796 with three persons on board.
They have been identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, son of Ghulam Hassan Lone, resident of Wagub Sopore; Waseem Ahmad Rather, son of Bashir Ahmad Rather, resident of Krankshivan Sopore; and Yawar Ahmad Lone, son of Abdul Majeed Lone, resident of Wagub Sopore, police said.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 47/2025 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Tarzoo, and an investigation has been initiated.