Srinagar, Feb. 13 -- Property worth Rs.1.5 crore, belonging to a notorious drug peddler, was attached under the NDPS Act on Friday, Kulgam police said.

Police said immovable properties comprising 6 shops, 5 godowns, one tin-shed, and one plinth located at Manigam village , belonging to a notorious drug peddler Mohd Ashraf Khanday of Nipora, Kulgam, was attached.

"The action has been taken under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, after due legal process, as the properties were established as proceeds of crime acquired through illicit drug trafficking activities and found to be directly linked with drug peddling operations. The accused is also involved in cases under Sections 8/15 of the NDPS Act, registered at the concerned police station. Th...