Jammu, Dec 15 || The Jammu and Kashmir Police have said that they have arrested a woman in Udhampur district, alleged to be the kingpin of a narcotics trafficking racket.
The woman has been identified as Geeta Devi from Punjab.
The officials said on Monday, “Geeta Devi, originally from Phagwara in Punjab, was arrested from her rented accommodation in Rajiv Nagar by a team from the Udhampur police station. Geeta Devi was identified as the 'narco kingpin' during the investigation of a case following the arrest of a drug peddler, Aditya Gupta, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on November 7."
Further investigation in this case is underway, the officials said, adding that the forward and backward linkages of the network are being identified.
J&K Police and the security forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists, their overground workers (OGWs) and sympathisers.
Drug smugglers, drug peddlers and those involved in hawala money rackets and other unlawful financial activities are under the scanner of the security forces.