Jammu and Kashmir Police have recovered 341 kg of narcotics in the first 50 days of the Nasha Mukt JK Abhiyan, currently underway in the Union Territory. The authorities said they have arrested 1,018 peddlers, seized hundreds of kilograms of narcotics, and attached and demolished properties worth more than Rs 200 crore, officials said.
Initiated by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11, the initiative has targeted the entire narcotics ecosystem in the Union Territory, dismantling trafficking and narco-terror networks in its wake, they said.
Official statistics show that from April to May 29, the police have registered 923 FIRs and arrested 1,018 persons over narcotics-related offences.
During the period, police seized 341 kg of narcotics, including 12 kg of heroin worth Rs 120 crore, besides 23,752 units of psychotropic tablets, they said.
Authorities also arrested nearly 55 individuals under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act.
The police have also attached more than 89 immovable properties worth Rs 63.93 crore and demolished 63 properties valued at nearly Rs 20 crore, with action against drug-linked assets valued at more than Rs 83 crore in total, officials said.
They described the operation as a large-scale, people-centric campaign that has mounted a twin attack on drug trafficking networks and narco-terrorism by targeting both offenders and the related financial infrastructure.
“It has not only helped in destroying the drug trafficking and peddling ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir but also blocked terror financing in the Union Territory,” a senior official said, adding that it was the brainchild of the Lt Governor to launch a multi-pronged assault on narco-terrorism and the drug menace.
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