Drug peddler's house attached in J-K's Kupwara

Srinagar, Dec 2 (PTI) Police on Monday attached a residential house belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

"In a significant move against drug trafficking, police in Kupwara have attached the residential house of Lateef Ahmad Chouhan, a resident of Surigam Lolab," a police spokesman said.

He said the action pertains to a case registered under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act registered at the Sogam police station.

The action was taken under Section 68(F) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS), he added.

The spokesman said the property was identified during the investigation as illegally acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking. PTI MIJ MNK MNK