Assets of two drug peddlers attached

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached the properties of two women drug peddlers worth lakhs in Rajeev Nagar area of Jammu.

The two drug peddlers have been identified by the police as Poonam and Khemo Devi, both residents of Rajeev Nagar in bahu Fort area. The attachment was done under the provisions of Section 68(E) (F) of NDPS Act, 1985.

During the scrutiny of the FIRs lodged against both the accused persons, the police said the investigating officers have a reason to believe that the value of the properties in question is beyond their known sources of income and as such prima facie, are illegally acquired from the proceeds of illegal trade of narcotic substances.

The process of attachment of the houses, worth lakhs of rupees, on Saturday has been done in presence of an executive magistrate and a team of police officers, the official said.

The spokesperson said while three FIRs are registered against Poonam at police station Bahu Fort in 2022, the other woman is named in four FIRs in the same police station between 2020 and 2022.