Srinagar, Nov. 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday said that they have attached property worth Rs.35 lakhs of a drug peddler in central Kashmir's Budgam.

"In a major action against the drug menace, police in Budgam have attached immovable property worth Rs.35 lakhs (approximately) and a Maruti A-Star vehicle belonging to a notorious drug peddler in the Magam area, " a police spokesperson said..

The attached property is a double-storey residential house at Mazhama, Magam which belongs to Hilal Ahmad Mir alias Hilal Galwan, who is accused in a case under Sections 8/22, 29 of the NDPS Act at police station, Magam.

"Investigation revealed that the accused had raised the said property through proceeds of illicit narcotics trafficking. ...