Drug peddler’s property worth Rs 1.5 cr attached in Srinagar

Property worth Rs 1.5 crores belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Tuesday attached in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, police said.

Continuing its intensified crackdown against drug trafficking and narcotics-related activities under the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan’, Srinagar police has attached a residential house along with adjoining land measuring seven marlas worth approximately Rs 1.50 crore, a police spokesperson said. He said the property belongs to a notorious drug peddler, Owais Amin Denthoo, a resident of Parimpora locality of the city here.

The property has been attached under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act in connection with a registered case at Parimpora police station, the spokesperson said.

He said that during the course of the investigation, it was established that the property had been acquired through proceeds generated from illicit drug trafficking activities.

The attachment has been executed as part of the sustained efforts of Srinagar police to dismantle the narcotics ecosystem and curb the growing menace of drug abuse in society, he added.