In a big blow to drug traffickers, the Bijbehara Police have hooked up a business complicated valued at over Rs.2 crores, belonging to the late Abdul Rashid Dar of Tulkhan Bijbehara. The property was recognized as being acquired by way of the illicit drug commerce, particularly the trafficking of narcotic medication and psychotropic substances.
The hooked up properties embody a business constructing constructed at a chief location on NHW 44 at Semthan Bijbehara, protecting an space of 5 kanals and 12 marlas beneath Survey No. 291 Min. The person was concerned in Case FIR No. 210/2020 beneath Part 8/15-29 of the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, registered at Bijbehara Police Station.
In September 2020, an underground room within the compound of the deceased Abdul Rashid Dar was found containing a considerable amount of contraband substances, presumably poppy straw (fukki) packed in gunny baggage and plastic barrels.
The investigation revealed that the deceased had acquired this contraband substance from unlawful sources and saved it for additional illicit sale to the native youth, thereby selling drug habit and unlawful commerce. A complete of 126 gunny baggage weighing 2600 kgs and 60 plastic barrels (1395 kgs) of the contraband substance have been recovered from the spot.
Anantnag Police have taken agency motion towards drug peddling by attaching the business complicated constructed with illegally acquired cash. This motion is meant to ship a robust message to these concerned in drug trafficking, mentioned police in a handout.
