Jalandhar, May 1 -- The Jalandhar police commissionerate, in coordination with the municipal corporation (MC), demolished two "illegally" constructed houses owned by two drug peddlers, including a woman, on Wednesday.

Police commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur Randhawa said the action followed credible intelligence inputs about the illegal constructions allegedly owned by notorious drug smugglers, identified as Dalip Singh of Guru Amardas Nagar and Nisha Khan of Ashok Vihar Colony.

She said the properties were financed through proceeds from illicit drug trade. "The demolished structures were reportedly being used as hideouts and escape routes by drug traffickers, who were habitual offenders with a long history of their involvement in drug traff...