Property of 2 drug dealers attached in Samba

Jammu, Mar 5: Police have sealed the residential properties, worth Rs 47 lakh, belonging to two drug dealers in Samba district.

A police spokesperson said, “Continuing its actions against drug peddlers, Samba police in Vijaypur attached yet another residential property, worth Rs 32 lakh, belonging to a notorious drug peddler Masoom Ali alias Kala, son of Dulla, resident of Rakh Barotian, in tehsil Vijaypur of Samba.”

He said that the action was taken under sections 68-E read with 68-F of NDPS Act of 1985 and was linked with case FIR No 203/2021 U/s 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act of Police Station Vijaypur; FIR No 204 /2021 U/s 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act of Police Station Vijaypur and FIR No 46/2023 U/s 8/21/29 NDPS Act of Police Station Samba.

“The property was identified as illegally acquired property during the course of investigation conducted by Vijaypur Police. It was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking in narcotic drug and psychotropic substances by the drug peddler,” the spokesperson said.

Earlier, on Monday, the spokesperson said, in the first ever crackdown on properties of drug dealers in district Samba, Deputy Commissioner Samba Abhishek Sharma and SSP Samba Vinay Sharma, had conducted a meticulously planned operation resulting in the confiscation of a single-storey residential property valued at approximately Rs 15 lakhs in Rakh Barotian area in Vijaypur.

This property belonged to the notorious drug dealer Shamas Din alias Bacchu, son of Maskeen Ali, hailing from Rakh Barotian tehsil Vijaypur in district Samba.”

With the unwavering support of law enforcement agencies, this operation was executed under sections 68-E read with 68-F of the NDPS Act of 1985, in connection with three FIRs viz., FIR No 33/2019 U/S 8/21/22 NDPS Act; FIR No 23/2023 U/S 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act and FIR No 108/2023 U/S 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act, all registered at Police Station Vijaypur, the spokesperson said.

“The residential property, identified as ill-gotten gains acquired through illicit drug trafficking, was uncovered during thorough investigation and inquiry conducted by the vigilant officers of Police Station Vijaypur and established backward linkage of the properties of the accused with the drug peddling,” he said.

“As part of the campaign, a strong message has been sent to curb the activities of drug peddlers by attaching the property of a notorious drug peddler. This action underscores the administration's firm resolve to tackle drug-related issues and ensure the safety and well-being of the community. The property attachment operation was conducted by the team headed by Rohit Gupta SDPO Vijaypur, Sudesh Kumar Tehsildar Vijaypur and executed by Zaheer Mushtaq SHO Vijaypur and his team,” the spokesperson said.