SRINAGAR, Nov. 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered 1,651 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested 1,941 persons involved in drug trafficking across Kashmir this year, while properties worth Rs.154 crore belonging to drug peddlers have been attached or forfeited, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar said on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference at Police Control Room (PCR) Kashmir, the IGP said police had seized 1,711 kg of contraband and recovered Rs.1.10 crore in cash, including cash seized during the recent busting of a drug racket in downtown Srinagar. He said 567 bank accounts containing Rs.1.71 crore had also been frozen, while illicit drug-yielding crops ...