Sopore, Jun 8 (KNS): Continuing a sustained crackdown on narco-financial networks under a 100-day drug-free campaign, police have attached properties worth over ?66 lakh belonging to two alleged drug peddlers in Sopore district under the NDPS Act, officials said.

 

The attached assets include a residential house, a bathroom block, 13 marlas of fenced land and a scooty valued at ?40,82,717 belonging to Zahoor Ahmad Shah, a resident of Hanfia Colony, Arampora, they said.

 

Properties worth ?25,73,567 — a residential house at Magraypora and one kanal and six marlas of land along with plinth and construction material at Hathlangoo — belonging to Manzoor Ahmad Baba of Magraypora Sopore were also attached, police added.

 

Financial investigations conducted under Chapter VA of the NDPS Act revealed that the properties were allegedly acquired through proceeds of illicit narcotics trafficking and were found disproportionate to the known sources of income of the accused, officials said.

 

"Acting under Section 68F of the NDPS Act, freezing and attachment orders were issued pending forfeiture proceedings before the competent authority," a police official said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

 

Shah is involved in FIR No. 143/2015 of PS Sopore and FIR No. 24/2023 of PS Tarzoo, while Baba is named in FIR No. 184/2023 of PS Sopore under the NDPS Act, officials added.

 

The attachment notices were served in the presence of independent witnesses after completion of all legal formalities, they said.

 

The action forms part of a sustained strategy to target the financial infrastructure of drug trafficking networks and dismantle the narcotics ecosystem operating in the district, officials said.

 

Several more properties linked to drug peddlers have been identified and further attachment proceedings are underway, they added.

 

Sopore Police reiterated its zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking under the Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, officials added. (KNS)