Srinagar, Dec 2 (PTI) Police on Monday attached a residential house belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

"In a significant move against drug trafficking, police in Kupwara have attached the residential house of Lateef Ahmad Chouhan, a resident of Surigam Lolab," a police spokesman said.

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He said the action pertains to a case registered under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act registered at the Sogam police station.

The action was taken under Section 68(F) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS), he added.

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The spokesman said the property was identified during the investigation as illegally acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking.

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