Jammu, May 2 -- In a disturbing shift in tactics, the drug mafia in Jammu and Kashmir has begun using women and couples as frontline carriers to smuggle and distribute narcotics, in a calculated attempt to outsmart an intensified police crackdown across the Union Territory.
The latest revelation comes in the wake of the arrest of a woman drug supplier from North Kashmir, who was allegedly part of a network trafficking narcotics smuggled from across the border. Investigators believe her arrest is just the tip of the iceberg, exposing a deeper and more organised nexus that is rapidly evolving to dodge law enforcement.
Police officials say that as authorities have tightened the noose around traditional drug networks, traffickers have started...