Chandigarh, June 4 -- Reaffirming his government's unwavering resolve to eliminate the drug menace from Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that every individual involved in the drug trade - no matter how powerful - will face the full force of the law. "We will identify and weed out every black sheep, even from within law enforcement," he asserted.

Mann, interacting with media at his official residence, contrasted the present administration's tough stand with that of previous regimes. "Earlier, ministers themselves were complicit in the drug trade. Today, not a single member of the ruling dispensation is involved in this heinous crime," Mann said, stressing his government's zero-tolerance policy against drugs.

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