Budgam, Dec 31 (KDC): Budgam Police on Wednesday released its Year-End Report 2025, detailing major successes in a sustained district-wide offensive against drug trafficking, marking significant investigative, preventive, and asset-seizure outcomes under the NDPS Act.
Reinforcing its zero-tolerance policy toward narcotics, police attached assets worth ₹3.69 crore under the NDPS Act, including 08 residential houses, 02 shopping complexes, 06 kanals and 01 marla of land, and 03 vehicles, besides 03 cars linked to the proceeds of the illegal narcotics trade. Additionally, 03 vehicles acquired through drug-generated illicit income were also seized, officials said, according to news agency Kashmir Dot Com.
During the year, 83 drug peddlers were arrested, while 15 individuals were detained under the PIT NDPS Act. Budgam Police also registered 58 FIRs under the NDPS Act, officials disclosed.
Police seized narcotics worth approximately ₹2.57 crore, including charas, ganja, cannabis, poppy straw, and heroin, following targeted anti-drug operations across the district. As part of eradication drives, 46 kanals of illicit poppy and wild bhang (bhang) cultivation were destroyed during special enforcement campaigns.
Under the supervision of the District Level Drug Disposal Committee, Budgam Police conducted a major narcotics-destruction exercise, disposing of 210 kilograms and 781 grams of narcotic substances seized across 34 NDPS FIRs, with an approximate market value of ₹1 crore, officials said.
The contraband was destroyed in strict compliance with Section 52-A of the NDPS Act at the Kashmir Healthcare System Bio-Medical Waste Management Unit, IGC Lasipora, Pulwama, ensuring adherence to all prescribed legal and environmental safeguards, a police spokesperson said.
During the year, police also secured convictions against 03 accused persons in NDPS cases, marking an important judicial outcome that, according to police, “sends a strong deterrent message to drug traffickers and reaffirms the force’s resolve to dismantle narcotics networks.”
Budgam Police urged residents, especially youth and families, to remain vigilant against drug abuse and trafficking, and report suspicious activity at the earliest for timely legal intervention. (KDC)
