Kulgam, Feb. 13 -- In a significant crackdown on the drug menace, Kulgam Police have attached immovable properties comprising 6 shops, 5 godowns, one tin shed, and one plinth located at Village Manigam, belonging to a notorious drug peddler Mohd Ashraf Khanday, S/o Gh. Ahmad Khanday, R/o Nipora, Kulgam, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Qazigund.

The action has been taken under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, after due legal process, as the properties were established as proceeds of crime acquired through illicit drug trafficking activities and found to be directly linked with drug peddling operations.

The accused is also involved in FIR No. 196/2024 under Sections 8 and 15 of the NDPS Act, registered with the concerned pol...