Ludhiana, March 19 -- Continuing its drive against drug smugglers under the 'Yudh Nasheyan Virudh' programme, the Ludhiana rural police, in collaboration with panchayat authorities, have demolished an unauthorised two-storey house of an alleged drug peddler in Burj Hari Singh village of the district.

The structure was built on encroached panchayat land by the notorious drug smugglers' family. Four of the family members including the couple Amarjeet Singh (12 drug cases), his wife Sony Kaur (four cases), their sons Harpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh (five cases each) were facing 26 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ludhiana Rural Ankur Gupta stated that the demolit...