Administer in a way not allowed by the police (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
mete out
'administer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a way not allowed by the police' is the wordplay.
'a way' becomes 'e' (Compass direction - East).
'not allowed' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the police' becomes 'met' (I've seen this in other clues).
'e'+'out'='eout'
'eout' put after 'met' is 'METE OUT'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for mete out that I've seen before include "Allot" , "Distribute in small portions" .)