J&K Steps Up Drug Crackdown With Demolition and Rs 2.25 Crore Asset Freezes

Overview

• Authorities demolished a shopping complex in Pulwama owned by alleged peddler Mukhtar Ahmad, saying it sat on state land and was built with drug proceeds.
• Police in Anantnag froze four homes under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, estimating their value at about Rs 2.25 crore, using a law that lets the state seize assets tied to narcotics crimes.
• Officers attached a double-storey house worth Rs 25 lakh in Shopian after calling it illicit drug property, and they canceled a Tral resident’s driving licence linked to an NDPS case.
• Law enforcement reported 17 arrests across Anantnag, Shopian, Budgam, and Kulgam with seizures of contraband as part of the wider push.
• The actions form part of a 100-day Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan that follows a revised SOP allowing revocation of passports, driving licences, Aadhaar and arms licences, Look Out Circulars for absconders, property attachments, bank-account freezes, and financial probes.