India, Feb. 26 -- In a first-of-its-kind action, Punjab Police demolished illegally built houses of a drug smuggler at Talwandi village near Ladhowal and in Bhai Himmat Singh Nagar of Dugri in Ludhiana district on Monday, officials familiar with the matter said.

The illegal properties belonging to Sonu of Talwandi village and Rahul Hans of Bhai Himmat Singh Nagar, near Dugri, were razed with bulldozer. Sonu and his family are involved in six cases of drug trafficking and Rahul was arrested by Dugri police in 2024 after recovery of more than 41,000 intoxicating tablets and Rs.2.15 lakh drug money.

The police team reached Talwandi Kalan village in the wee hours on Tuesday with a bulldozer. The police got the house vacated and demolished t...