Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 9: Srinagar Police today attached immovable properties worth more than Rs 3.5 crore belonging to three alleged drug peddlers involved in multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Police said the properties were attached under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act after investigations revealed that they had allegedly been acquired through proceeds generated from illicit drug trafficking.
In the first case, Police attached property worth around Rs 80 lakh belonging to Shahid Mushtaq Dar, son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, a resident of Barthana Qamarwari, described by police as a “hardcore drug peddler.”
In another action, Police Station Nowgam attached property belonging to Mehrajuddin Ganie, son of Mohammad Ismail Ganie, a resident of Wagoora, who is involved in FIR No. 156/2025 under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act registered at Police Station Nowgam.
The attached property includes 18 marlas of land, a single-storey residential building and a cow shed situated under Survey No. 273 at Wagoora in Tehsil BK Pora.
The property has an estimated value of around Rs 1.5 crore, police said.
According to officials, investigations established that the property had been procured through proceeds of the illegal drug trade.
In a separate action linked to FIR No. 08/2026 under Sections 8/21 and 29 of the NDPS Act registered at Police Station Saddar Srinagar, Police attached a double-storey residential house worth approximately Rs 1.2 crore belonging to Tawqeer Ahmad Mir, son of late Feroz-u-Din Mir, a resident of Rawathpora Baghat Barzulla.
The attachment proceedings were carried out in the presence of the Executive Magistrate Chanapora and independent witnesses, police said.
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