Ludhiana, March 7 -- Continuing its crackdown on illegal properties owned by drug peddlers, police and Khanna municipal council authorities demolished six buildings in the town's Meat Market on Thursday.

Police said the six structures were built by encroaching on municipal council land and financed with drug money. The structures belong to six peddlers facing multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the police said, adding that notices were issued days before the action.

Heavy police force, accompanied by municipal council officials and JCB machines, reached Meat Market in the morning and started the demolition. Police said they did not face any resistance.

"The demolition was carried out smoothly...