Drug-peddler’s property attached

Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Dec 18: In a significant development under the sustained crackdown against drug trafficking and illicit narcotics trade, the police attached the property worth over Rs 1.10 crore of a drug-peddler in Poonch district.
Official sources said that case pertains to FIR No. 178/2025 registered at Police Station Poonch under sections 8/21/22/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985 and Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Mohd Iqbal, son of Ghulam Nabi, hailing from Seri Khwaja, at present Kamsar, in district Poonch.
The property, earlier seized under Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act, stands in the name of the accused’s wife Shahnaz Kouser and comprises a three-storey building under construction, measuring 10 marlas, falling under Khasra No. 2093, situated at Kamsar, with an assessed value of Rs 1.10 crore.
The confirmation order under Section 68(F)(2) of the NDPS Act has been issued by the Competent Authority & Administrator under SAFEMA (Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, thereby legally affirming the attachment of the said property.
SSP Poonch Shafkat Hussain and Additional SP Poonch Mohan Lal Sharma supervise the operation to attach the property.