Jammu, Apr 18: The local administration has demolished the residential property of a drug peddler in Jammu amid heavy security arrangements as part of its ongoing crackdown on narcotics, officials said on Saturday.
A large contingent of officials and police, armed with heavy-duty bulldozers, demolished the property owned by Shamsdin alias Pappi in Belicharana for his involvement in drug peddling, they said.
The authorities demolished Shamsdin’s house, removed grass huts and seized some two-wheelers, they added.
The action was part of the 100-day ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan’ launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11 to curb drug trafficking and dismantle the financial networks of those involved in it, the officials said.
“Shamsdin, locally known as Pappi, is currently lodged in jail. He was involved in drug-related activities, and the property he built over time was funded using the proceeds of crime. We have demolished the property,” the local tehsildar told reporters.
Shamsdin hails from the border area in RS Pura and had built the property in Belicharana, he added.
According to officials, properties of more than 150 drug peddlers have either been seized or demolished in the Jammu region in the past year.
On Monday, L-G Sinha directed the police to prepare a list of top drug peddlers at every police station and take action to dismantle their networks within 30 days.
He also warned that the administration will launch a stringent crackdown on traffickers and syndicates, including revocation of passport, driving licence, Aadhaar card and arms licence.
