Police attaches property worth Rs 1.08 Crore of three drug peddlers in Kathua

Jammu — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua today attached property worth Rs. 1.08 Crore belonging to three drug peddlers in the Kathua district under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).

The property was identified as an illegally acquired property, during the course of the investigation and inquiry conducted by SHO PS Rajbagh Insp. Rajeshwar Slathia under the command & guidance of SDPO Border Sh. Dheeraj Singh Katoch under the overall supervision of SSP Kathua Sh. Shobhit Saksena -IPS froze the immovable property of three accused persons namely: Raj Wali@ Sher Ali@ Shidu@ S/o Sattar Din R/o Jagatpur Maggar Khad Lakhanpur District Kathua. (Value of freezed house 31.10 Lacs)

Bagh Hussain S/o Lal Hussain R/o Maggar Khad Lakhanpur, Kathua(Value of freezed house 47.73 Lacs)

Bagh Hussain S/o Mir Ali R/o Maggarkhad Lakhanpur, Kathua (Value of freezed house 29.34 Lacs). The Total value of all the three houses is 1.08 crore.The action against the accused persons is taken U/S 68F read with section 68E of NDPS Act. As during investigation of case FIR No 30/2023 U/S 8/21/22/29 of NDPS act it was surfaced that the property which has been acquired is as a result of proceeds of Narcotics.

As the property was, prima facie, acquired by the owners from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The said drug peddlers were involved in the said case and action was taken U/S 68(E) & 68 (F) of NDPS Act of 1985.

This action of the J&K Police Kathua is the part of relentless efforts to curb the menace of drug peddling in the Kathua district.This action reaffirms the commitment of District Police Kathua to combat the drug menace.

Local people of the area have hailed the initiative of the Kathua police with regard to the attachment of immoveable property that has been raised or used for illicit trafficking of narcotics by the drug peddlers in the Kathua district. — (KIMS)