Dharamshala, March 23 -- Four police personnel from special task force (STF) Kullu have been dismissed from service with immediate effect after being found involved in a drug trafficking case, police officials said on Sunday.

A spokesperson of the Himachal Pradesh Police said that after thorough examination, constable Nitesh, constable Ashok, head constable Rajesh Kumar and head constable Sameer Kumar were dismissed from service under provisions of the Constitution of India and the Himachal Pradesh Police Act.

They were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in an LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) smuggling network. The case pertains to the FIR registered on March 10 under Sections 22 and 29 of the NDPS Act at New Shimla police...