Police in Brahmanpara, Cumilla arrested two women in the Deus area of Shashidal Union on Friday afternoon, 13 November 2026, acting on a secret tip-off.[1] Officers detained the two women after finding them suspicious and then searched them.[1] Police said the women were carrying the ganja under their burqas with scotch tape wrapped around their stomachs.[1]

The search recovered 10 kg of ganja from the women.[1] The arrested women were identified as Fatema Akter alias Mithila Moni, 28, of Binouti in Kasba, Brahmanbaria, and Jannatul Ferdous alias Maya, 24, of Kalagachhia in Bandar, Narayanganj.[1]

Police said Fatema Akter already faces two pending cases under the Narcotics Control Act at Brahmanpara and Kasba police stations.[1] Police said Jannatul Ferdous faces two more pending Narcotics Control Act cases at Chawkbazar in Dhaka and Gazaria in Munshiganj.[1] Brahmanpara police station officer-in-charge Md. Faruk Hossain said legal action was taken against the two women and they were sent to court on Saturday, 14 November.[1]