Ludhiana, June 16 -- The police along with municipal corporation (MC) teams demolished the houses of two drug peddling accused in Ludhiana. The municipal workers entered the house of the accused with hammers in hand and demolished the illegal construction in Amarpura, where bulldozers had no access due to narrow streets.

Special director general of police (law and order), Arpit Shukla, said that this step is part of the government's zero-tolerance policy toward drug trafficking and illegal wealth. He added that since March 1, a total of 126 illegally-built properties belonging to drug traffickers have been demolished across Punjab.

In the first action, a bulldozer was used to bring down the house of Gurpal, a notorious drug smuggler, lo...