Srinagar : Police on Monday attached a house of drug smugglers and seized cash of Rs 69.20 lakh in Jammu Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
#OperationDrugFreeBaramulla Two storied house value 21.97 lacs & ₹ 69.20 lacs of drug smugglers attached by Baramulla Police in Uri Baramulla u/s 68-E read with 68-F (1) of NDPS Act 1985.@JmuKmrPolice@KashmirPolice@DIGBaramulla@DCBaramulla@Amod_India@DivyaDev_ips pic.twitter.com/hZACInG7pw
— Baramulla Police (بارہمولہ پولیس) (@BaramullaPolice) August 14, 2023
Police said a two-storied house valued at Rs 21.97 lakh and Cash Rs 69.20 lakh belonging to drug Smuggler identified as Ghulam Rasool Sheikh a resident of Nambla Uri and others after completing all legal formalities.
The said house was linked to case FIR No. 81/2023 u/s 8/21, 29 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of Police Station Uri.
The investigation proved that the said immovable/ movable property was raised from Illicit Trafficking by the drug Smugglers, a police statement said.
It is pertinent to mention here that previously Baramulla Police has attached properties worth Rs 68.65 lakh of drug smugglers which includes 2 houses, 3 vehicles & cash to the tune of Rs. 41.72 lakh in Pattan, Kreeri & Kamalkote.
Besides, SAFEM (FOP) A & NDPSA, New Delhi confirmed the attachment of property (Illegal acquired property by Drug Smugglers) on orders of Baramulla Police at Pattan & Kreeri in which house and vehicle was attached.