J-Ok Police demolish ‘narco palaces’, reclaim over 6 acres of land from drug peddlers in Samba | India Information
3 min learnJammuCould 17, 2026 05:41 PM IST
The Jammu and Kashmir Police, as a part of the continuing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir marketing campaign, introduced Sunday that they’ve efficiently retrieved almost 50 kanals (roughly 6.25 acres) of land from unlawful occupation by drug peddlers within the Samba district.
Declaring that Samba SSP Anuj Kumar led the drive involving officers from each the civil administration and the police, they mentioned the retrieved land belonged to the SIDCO Industrial Complicated at Bari Brahmana and was valued at roughly Rs 60 crore. The land was handed over to SIDCO after its boundary was correctly fenced and flood lights put in, they added.
The demolition web site referred to as ‘Balole Khad’ had been recognized as a hotspot for drug exercise. This location was a part of a focused anti-narcotics enforcement motion carried out collectively by the Samba district police and the civil administration. The operation aimed to handle unlawful buildings which have turn out to be secure havens for drug peddlers and recurring offenders concerned in heroin trafficking, in line with the police.
In the course of the drive, 33 unlawful buildings, together with “narco palaces” of eight drug peddlers raised on the encroached land, have been demolished, the police mentioned.
The alleged drug peddlers have been recognized as Mohammad Baru and his spouse Bahua Bibi. The previous, who is known as in 10 FIRs, together with Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act circumstances, registered at totally different police stations in Samba district, is presently absconding pursuant to the issuance of a Public Security Act (PSA) warrant towards him. His spouse is known as in three FIRs, together with one registered underneath the NDPS Act.
One other drug peddler, Manshu, is concerned in seven FIRs, together with NDPS circumstances on the Bari Brahmana police station. The others are Farman Ali alias Muna (three NDPS circumstances), Farooq Din alias Dana (two FIRs, together with an NDPS case), Farooq Ali alias Kana (six prison circumstances), moreover Haider alias Raju and Farman Din (each two prison circumstances every).
The police mentioned that the world had been underneath steady surveillance as a number of infamous drug peddlers have been working from there.
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The Samba police mentioned they’ve adopted a zero-tolerance coverage towards drug peddling and each particular person concerned in destroying the way forward for the youthful technology by narcotics commerce shall be handled strictly underneath legislation, including that anti-narcotic operations in coordination with the civil administration will proceed until the whole drug ecosystem is dismantled.
