Srinagar, July 12 -- Police in Srinagar have attached a residential property worth approximately Rs.1 crore under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

A police spokesperson informed that the property comprising a single-story residential house alongwith 17 marlas of land in Lawaypora, Srinagar, belongs to a "notorious" drug peddler Zubair Ahmad Sheikh, son of Late Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh, who is involved in case FIR No. 39/2025 under section 8/21, 29 of NDPS Act of Police Station Shaltang Srinagar.

"The accused person has a history of involvement in drug peddling, primarily targeting local youth, thereby posing a grave threat to public health and safety," police said, adding that he has also been involved in several drug-rela...