Srinagar, May 14: Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 806 persons and registered 724 cases under the NDPS Act during the first month of the ongoing “Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan”, Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat said on Thursday.
Speaking at a press conference in Srinagar, the DGP said the anti-drug campaign, launched on April 11, recorded a sharp rise in enforcement compared to the same period last year.
He said police teams seized 667.5 kilograms of narcotic substances, including 5.22 kilograms of heroin, besides recovering 19,059 units of psychotropic drugs between April 11 and May 12.
Prabhat said 24 habitual offenders were booked under the PIT NDPS Act as part of preventive action against drug trafficking networks.
The police chief said assets worth Rs 41.85 crore allegedly linked to narcotics trade were attached during the drive, while illegal structures worth Rs 14.75 crore raised on encroached land were demolished.
He said one of the biggest actions during the campaign involved attachment of property worth Rs 6.17 crore in Anantnag district. The police also identified and attached properties located in Punjab and Chandigarh in connection with narcotics investigations, he added.
According to the DGP, police organised 2,401 awareness programmes in vulnerable areas and reached more than three lakh people during the campaign.
He said action was also taken against 151 chemists and druggists for alleged violations, while authorities suspended or cancelled 162 driving licences and 92 vehicle registration certificates.
Recommendations have also been made for impounding 10 passports linked to drug-related activities, officials said.
Prabhat said J&K Police has sustained anti-narcotics operations over the past few years and claimed that the force ranked first in the country in 2025 in preventive detentions under the PIT NDPS Act.
He said the campaign would continue with focus on strict enforcement, public awareness and dismantling drug supply chains across the Union Territory.(KNS)
