Jammu/Srinagar: A house belonging to a “notorious” drug peddler was attached in Samba district on Wednesday, police said.
The house of Masoom Ali alias ‘Kala’ was attached at Rakh Barotian in Vijaypur tehsil, under section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said.
Valued at about Rs 40 lakh, the property, he said, was bought with proceeds from illegal jobs.
Masoom Ali has been named in five FIRs registered at three different police stations in Samba, the spokesperson said. He has been lodged in the Udhampur jail since last year.
In a similar case, police in Shopian have seized a vehicle (Swift car JK13J-3347), valued at approximately ₹6,80,960 belonging to Ishfaq Ahmad Koka of Melhura Zainapora.
Police said the vehicle was identified as having been acquired through proceeds generated from the illegal sale of drugs and narcotics. The seizure of the vehicle has been made under the provisions of section 68 of NDPS Act, in connection with FIR No. 04/2026 registered at Police Station Zainapora, police said.
