A special team of Madurai District Police arrested two women near Madurai on Thursday 12 November 2026.[1] The team found the women at a cremation yard in Karuppayoorani.[1][2] The women tried to flee from the scene and the police rounded them up.[1][2] Police identified them as Tamil Selvi, 30, of Virudhunagar and Joshnapani, 26, from Odisha.[1][2]
Searching their belongings, police found two packets of ganja weighing four kilograms.[1][3] The detailed search account says police also seized ₹81,960 in cash from their belongings.[1] The report’s opening passage gives the cash seized as ₹81,900, differing from the detailed search figure.[1]
The searches followed an alert received by Superintendent of Police N. Devanathan that ganja was being smuggled under the Oomachikulam police sub-division.[1] Both women were booked under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and sent to judicial custody.[1] Police said Tamil Selvi and her husband Geethan had already been arrested by the NIB-CID and the Arumuganeri police in Thoothukudi district.[1] Police said Joshnapani and her brother Santoshpani had been accused in NDPS Act cases in Theni district.[1]
