KUPWARA: In the Kupwara district of the state, the Jammu and Kashmir Police confiscated the possessions of a drug dealer on Wednesday in the Mawer area of Handwara. More than five canals of orchard land that belonged to Amir Mukhtiyar Malik, a well-known drug dealer, were taken by the police. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 was used to seize the property. In September of this year, the Jammu and Kashmir police had previously seized the assets of a well-known drug dealer in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, valued at Rs 7.88 lakh. After taking the drug dealer’s property, Jammu and Kashmir police stated, “Police in Pulwama attached a single-storey, under-construction house valued at approximately 7.88 lacs belonging to a notorious drug peddler, namely Zahoor Ahmad Wani, son of Ab Rehman Wani, located in Jindwall village, Tehsil Pulwama, District Pulwama under the NDPS Act 1985.”
