Srinagar: Police have attached properties worth crores of two notorious drug peddlers acquired from illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in Shopian, a police spokesman informed Wednesday.
He said police attached “illegally acquired properties” of two “notorious” drug peddlers — Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, son of Mohammad Sultan Shah, and Aadil Hussain Shah, son of Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, both residents of Rawalpora Shopian.
The attached properties include land measuring two kanals under Survey No. 427 Min at Palpora Shopian, land measuring one kanal 18 marlas under Survey No. 133 at village Chowdhrigund Shopian, and a shop constructed over Aabadi Deh land measuring (240 sq.ft) falling under Survey No. 532 min at Village Hergam in Shopian.
The action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of NDPS Act of 1985 and is linked with case FIR No. 69/2024 under section 8/21-29 NDPS Act of Police Station Shopian.
“The property was identified as illegally acquired during the course of investigation by the police. The property was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the drug peddlers,” police said.
