JAMMU, Apr 27: Six persons were taken into custody during an intensified anti-narcotics crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir, with police recovering contraband substances and over Rs 23 lakh in Doda and Kathua districts, officials said on Monday.
In a separate action, properties worth over Rs 73 lakh linked to drug peddlers were also attached in Udhampur district under relevant legal provisions.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Doda, Mohd Aslam said three persons, including a woman, were detained during a raid at a house in Dak Mohalla in the main town after the recovery of 85 grams of suspected brown sugar and over Rs 23 lakh on Sunday evening.
The woman has been identified as Zareena Begum. Police said she was under surveillance following inputs regarding her alleged involvement in drug peddling. Her daughter and son-in-law were also detained during the raid.
“We have taken three individuals into custody. Their roles are being examined and further arrests will be made. Raids are continuing at other suspected locations,” the officer said.
In Kathua district, three drug peddlers — Pardeep Singh of Hiranagar, Rahees Butt of Billawar, and Ali Sen of Amritsar — were arrested with heroin at different locations, a police spokesman said.
He said 2.79 grams of heroin was recovered from Singh, 2.66 grams from Butt, while 303 grams were seized from Sen, who was intercepted near Berrian-Pattan village while travelling on the Jammu–Pathankot highway.
All three have been booked under the NDPS Act, and further investigation is underway.
In Udhampur, officials said properties worth Rs 73 lakh were attached in two separate NDPS cases. The seized assets include a residential house, a car, a motorcycle, and a mobile phone worth Rs 65 lakh belonging to accused Saif Ali, booked earlier this year in Majalta area.
In another case, movable property worth Rs 8 lakh, including a car belonging to accused Danish Butt of Doda, was attached under Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act in connection with an FIR registered at Rehambal police station. (Agency)
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