Srinagar, May 14: In a major crackdown on the Kashmir drug mafia, Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday said the ongoing “Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan” has dealt a massive blow to Pakistan-backed narco networks, local drug peddlers, and organized narcotics syndicates operating across Jammu & Kashmir.
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, the DGP said J&K Police anti-drug operations registered unprecedented success during the last one month, with hundreds of arrests, large-scale narcotics seizures, and attachment of crores worth of properties linked to the illegal drug trade.
Between April 11 and May 12, 2026, police registered 724 NDPS cases in J&K and arrested 806 drug traffickers and peddlers, marking a sharp rise in the ongoing anti-narcotics campaign in Kashmir and Jammu.
During the operation, police seized nearly 667 kilograms of narcotic substances along with over 19,000 psychotropic capsules and tablets, while 24 habitual offenders were booked under the PIT-NDPS Act to prevent repeat involvement in drug trafficking activities.
In one of the biggest financial actions against the narco-terror network in Jammu & Kashmir, police attached 97 properties worth ₹41.85 crore linked to narcotics trafficking. Officials said the highest single attachment worth ₹6.17 crore was carried out by Anantnag Police.
The DGP further revealed that for the first time, J&K Police attached drug-linked properties outside the Union Territory, including in Punjab’s Gurdaspur and Pathankot districts as well as Chandigarh, exposing the wider network of interstate narcotics smuggling.
Police also demolished 41 illegal properties worth nearly ₹15 crore allegedly built using proceeds from the drug trade, while illegal cultivation of poppy and cannabis on 117 kanals of land was destroyed during the intensified anti-drug drive.
As part of the Nasha Mukt J&K awareness campaign, police conducted 2,401 anti-drug awareness programmes in schools, colleges, and vulnerable areas, reaching nearly three lakh people across the Union Territory.
Authorities additionally inspected 5,238 chemists and drug stores during the campaign, initiating action against 151 pharmaceutical establishments for violations linked to controlled substances and illegal medicine distribution.
The DGP said courts also approved disposal of vehicles involved in drug smuggling cases in Kashmir, while thousands of kilograms of seized narcotics and psychotropic substances were destroyed.
Highlighting the broader anti-narcotics performance, DGP Nalin Prabhat said Jammu & Kashmir ranked No. 1 in PIT-NDPS preventive detentions across the country with 240 detentions last year, while the value of attached narco properties increased nearly twelve-fold since 2023.
Reiterating zero tolerance against the drug menace in Kashmir, the DGP warned narco smugglers, Pakistan-based handlers, and local facilitators of strict legal action, saying the fight against narcotics and organized crime will continue with full force across Jammu & Kashmir.
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