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J&K Drug Crackdown Targets Finances With Over ₹4.5 Crore in Properties Attached

The focus on seizing homes signals a push to cut off drug money.

Overview

  • Police in Srinagar attached two residential houses valued at more than ₹2 crore under the NDPS Act, saying the properties were bought with proceeds from narcotics trafficking.
  • Anantnag police separately attached assets worth about ₹2.5 crore, including a house, a 20-shop complex, and land, after investigators linked them to an accused in an earlier narcotics case.
  • Kashmir operations this week led to seven arrests and notable seizures that included about 1.09 kg of charas in Anantnag and roughly 40.86 g in Awantipora, with police also reporting K9-backed raids.
  • Srinagar police also demolished an alleged drug-funded structure in Palpora Noorbagh and installed a GPS tracking anklet on a bailed NDPS accused to monitor compliance with court directions.
  • Jammu region units reported five arrests, including a woman, with recoveries such as roughly 264 g of a heroin-like substance and 300 pregabalin capsules, as the 100-day Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyaan drives zero-tolerance enforcement.