Jammu, Feb. 29 -- An illegal drug de-addiction centre built on government land was demolished in Samba district on Wednesday, senior officials said.

The action came after Kapil Sharma alias Jimmy, the centre's owner, was slapped with a Public Safety Act (PSA) notice for allegedly using the facility as a cover to continue his criminal activities, including drug peddling, Deputy Commissioner (Samba) Abhishek Sharma and Senior Superintendent of Police (Samba) Vinay Sharma said.

Talking to reporters in Samba after a three-hour operation to demolish the structure and retrieve 1.12 kanals of encroached land at Birpur in the Bari Brahmana tehsil, the officials said the drive was part of the administration's campaign of zero tolerance against d...