Srinagar, April 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday intensified its crackdown against narcotics across multiple districts of the valley, destroying illegal poppy cultivation, attaching properties acquired through drug proceeds, arresting peddlers, and stepping up awareness campaigns under the ongoing "Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan."In Anantnag's Dooru area, police destroyed illegally cultivated poppy during routine patrolling and targeted operations.

In one case, poppy was found in the orchard of a resident of Mirgund and was destroyed on the spot, with a case registered under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act. In separate actions at Jaibal Shankerpora and Zaldoora, police teams, accompanied by Executive Magistrates and offi...