Police attaches property worth Rs 46 lakh of notorious drug peddler

Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, June 6: Kathua police today attached immovable property comprising single-storey residential house with a total estimated value of approximately Rs 46 lakh, belonging to drug peddler namely Rashid Ali, son of Babi Din of Mukundpur, tehsil Marheen and district Kathua under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).
Officials said the property was identified as illegally acquired during the course of investigation.
Police said during the investigation, it was found that the drug peddler possessed immovable property single storey residential house valued at approximately Rs 46 lakh, situated at Rajbagh, which was prima facie acquired through proceeds generated from illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
Officials said today, in the presence of the Revenue Department/PWD/ R&B Department, a team led by SDPO Border and SHO Rajbagh formally attached the property under the provisions of Sections 68 A.2 (c) & E read with 68-F of the NDPS Act, 1985.
Officials said during the investigation, it surfaced that the property had been acquired as a result of proceeds from narcotics-related activities. Since the property was prima facie found to have been acquired through illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, it was attached in accordance with the law.