Srinagar, May 6: The 100-day “Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan”, launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11 has delivered major enforcement results by Jammu and Kashmir police in Kashmir, marking a strong and sustained crackdown on the drug network across the Union Territory.
The campaign is being closely monitored at the highest level by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat and IGP Kashmir Vidhi Kumar Birdi, ensuring continuous supervision, coordinated field action, and sustained pressure on drug trafficking networks operating across the Valley.
Sources said the anti-drug drive reflects a structured, data-driven, and intelligence-based enforcement approach aimed at dismantling the entire narcotics ecosystem from source to street level.
“The coordinated anti-narcotics campaign has resulted in around 400 cases being registered and approximately 400 persons arrested across Kashmir under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act and other applicable laws,” they said.
The sustained crackdown has significantly disrupted the supply chain and reduced the operational space of drug peddlers and traffickers in multiple districts of Kashmir.
“During the ongoing crackdown, more than 700 kilograms of charas and heroin, along with around 7,000 tablets, capsules, and syrups have been ecovered,” sources said adding the total estimated value of the seized narcotics stands at more than ₹2.4 crore, marking a significant blow to the financial backbone of drug networks operating in the region.
In a parallel financial crackdown, properties worth around ₹4 crore, both movable and immovable, of drug peddlers have been attached across Kashmir in narcotics-related cases, directly targeting the assets and economic strength of drug traffickers.
Sources said 18 to 20 structures worth Rs 4 cores belonging to drug peddlers were bulldozed in Kashmir.
They said preventive action under PIT NDPS has also been initiated against more than 20 habitual offenders involved in repeated drug-related crimes, strengthening long-term legal deterrence and preventive policing measures.
“The enforcement drive has extended to the pharmaceutical and retail supply chain as well, with around 1,300 inspections of druggists and chemists conducted across Kashmir. During these inspections, 88 violations were detected, and action has been taken against around 70 offenders under relevant legal provisions,” sources said.
They said law enforcement agencies have destroyed around 400 marlas of illegal poppy cultivation and nearly 250 marlas of cannabis cultivation, effectively striking at the source of narcotics production in different areas of Kashmir.
“Surveillance has also been intensified against drug offenders, with action taken against approximately 3,600 peddlers under preventive and enforcement measures, significantly widening the reach of the anti-drug campaign across the Valley, sources said, adding that the operations are underway to trap the big kingpins,” they said.
Sources said on clear directions from Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, more than 160 driving licences and over 60 registration certificates (RCs) have been suspended as part of strict administrative action to curb the misuse of vehicles in drug trafficking activities and strengthen deterrence mechanisms.