Jammu, Dec 3 :
Continuing with crackdown on narcotic smugglers, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday attached property worth Rs 1.08 crores of drug peddlers in the Kathua district.
The official spokesman said that property worth Rs. 1.08 crores of three drug peddlers has been attached under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS).
The property was identified as an illegally acquired property, during the course of the investigation and inquiry conducted by Station House Officer of Police Station Rajbagh, Inspector Rajeshwar Slathia under the command and guidance of SDPO Border Dheeraj Singh Katoch under the overall supervision of SSP Kathua Shobhit Saksena froze the immovable property of three accused persons.
The properties seized were of Raj Wali alias Sher Ali alias Shidu and Bagh Hussain of Maggar Khad Lakhanpur, Kathua.
The Total value of all the three houses is 1.08 crores while the action against the accused persons is taken under relevant sections.
As the property was, prima facie, acquired by the owners from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
The drug peddlers were involved in various case and action was taken accordingly.
This action of the J&K Police Kathua is the part of relentless efforts to curb the menace of drug peddling in the Kathua district that reaffirms the commitment of District Police Kathua to combat the drug menace, he said.
