J&K Police attaches properties worth Rs 1.46 cr under NDPS Act in Samba

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday attached properties worth more than Rs 1.46 crore and froze the bank accounts of four alleged drug peddlers in Samba district under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday attached properties worth more than Rs 1.46 crore and froze the bank accounts of four alleged drug peddlers in Samba district under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, officials said. According to police, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had recovered 1.9 kg of cocaine from Dil Mohd, besides seizing heroin from Sandeep Khajuria and Wazir Mohd, all from Samba district. During the investigation, police found that the accused had acquired movable and immovable assets using proceeds of crime, following which their properties were attached under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act, the officials said. Among the vehicles attached were an Innova Crysta and Hyundai i20 belonging to Dil Mohd, a Hyundai Creta and Hyundai i20 belonging to Sandeep Khajuria, and a tractor belonging to Wazir Mohd, with a total estimated value of Rs 58.63 lakh. Police also froze five accounts linked to the accused and their associates in various banks, containing about Rs 23.64 lakh, the officials said. The combined value of the attached vehicles and the frozen bank assets stood at Rs 82.27 lakh, they said. In another operation, police attached a land measuring two kanals worth Rs 64 lakh at Vijaypur in Samba district that belonged to alleged drug peddler Yogeshwar Singh alias Jebu, they said. Police said the land was acquired using the proceeds of narcotics trade. The operations were carried out under the ongoing 'Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan'.