Shimla, March 1 -- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed the Police Department to initiate a massive crackdown to dismantle the drug network in a mission mode for the next six months.

While presiding over a high-level meeting of senior officers of Police and other departments here today, the Chief Minister instructed to take stringent action against the drug peddlers and categorically stated that no one involved in the drug trade will be spared.

Taking a firm stand against the drug traffickers, Sukhu also ordered strict action against the government employees found to be involved in such illegal activities. He said, "Government employees against whom concrete evidence of drug smuggling has been found will be terminated from...