Illegal property of drug peddler demolished

The Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, with support from the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police, demolished an illegal structure belonging to a notorious drug peddler in Mochiya Mohalla, Basti Sheikh, Jalandhar.

Commissioner of Police Dhanpreet Kaur said the operation was jointly executed by the Municipal Corporation and the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police. Joint Commissioner of Police Sandeep Kumar Sharma supervised the demolition on the ground.

The illegal construction belonged to Vishal, alias Lota. He is a notorious drug peddler already facing seven cases under the NDPS Act.

The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has appealed to citizens to share any information regarding drug trafficking or illegal drug activities through the government-issued WhatsApp number 9779-100-200. The identity of informants will be kept strictly confidential, it said.