Drug peddler’s properties worth Rs 4 crore demolished in Jammu

Police in Jammu demolished three properties worth Rs 4 crore belonging to an alleged habitual drug peddler as part of an intensified crackdown on the narcotics menace.

Police and the district administration on Saturday demolished three properties worth around Rs 4 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler on the outskirts of Jammu as part of an intensified crackdown on the narcotics menace, officials said.

The properties belonged to Navjot Singh alias Bablu, a resident of Indra Nagar in the Miran Sahib area of Jammu, they said.

According to the officials, Singh is a habitual offender against whom 15 FIRs have been filed under various provisions of law, including the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The demolished properties were acquired using proceeds of crime stemming from illegal drug trafficking activities, they said, adding that the move was aimed at dismantling the financial network of drug syndicates operating in the region.

Reiterating its zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking, police warned that stringent action against drug peddlers and kingpins would continue.