India, March 6 -- 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 MC land and financed with drug money. The structures belonging to six peddlers facing multiple cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

"The demolition was carried out smoothly with sufficient police personnel deployed to maintain order and prevent any disturbance," said Khanna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Jyoti Yadav, who led the operation. She said the demolition was carried out after the MC reported the encroachments by the six drug peddle...