Registration of drug-related cases was only the first step in the city police's drive against drugs. Demolition of paan beedi shops around educational institutes is step two. Following the diktat of Police Commissioner Subodh Jaiswal, around 200 paan beedi shops around schools and colleges in the city have been demolished by the police with the civic body's help. The entire stretch from Bandra to Andheri (West Zone) has witnessed the demolition of around 60 shops since the drive began on January 10. Drugs worth Rs 49 lakh have also been seized from the West Zone alone.

"These paan beedi shops play a major part in addiction because students begin with tobacco products and cigarettes and then gradually take to drugs. Hence, the order to demolish the ones around schools and colleges in the next one month," said Joint Commissioner Law and Order Deven Bharti.