Two women arrested with 26 kg of ganja in car from Andhra Pradesh
Police in Pudukkottai district stopped a luxury car from Andhra Pradesh, found 26 kg of ganja in a hidden compartment and arrested two women from Kovilpatti. Officers valued the bundles at about ₹13 lakh and said the two planned to distribute them to local agents in and around Pudukkottai.
Two women were arrested in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, for smuggling 26 kg
of ganja by car from Andhra Pradesh, according to Thanthi TV.[1][2]
Police stopped a suspicious luxury car coming from Andhra Pradesh towards
Pudukkottai on Friday 6 November 2026 and searched it.[2][3]The ganja parcels
were stacked in a hidden compartment of the car.[2][3]Police seized the 26 kg of
ganja, which they valued at about 1.3 million rupees (₹13 lakh), together with
the car used to carry it.[2][3]
Officers arrested the two women at the scene; they come from Kovilpatti in
Thiruvarur and are Vasanthi and her sister’s daughter Shanmugapriya, who the
reports describe by those given names.[2][3]Initial investigation indicated the
two planned to distribute the bundles from Andhra Pradesh to local agents in
Pudukkottai and the surrounding areas.[2]
Police registered a case and said they were working to find who drove the car and which key figures sit behind the inter-state ganja network.[2]
Vasanthi was 55 and Shanmugapriya 35 when they were arrested, according to Dinamani; the other accounts gave no ages.[3]The check took place at Kattiyavayal in Pudukkottai, carried out by a special team of the district superintendent of police after information that the two were bringing ganja from outside the state.[3]The two were then handed over to the prohibition enforcement police of Pudukkottai, who registered the case, arrested them and jailed them.[3]
Photos and video
The two arrested women stand behind yellow-wrapped ganja packets displayed at a police station under a CCTNS Project poster. Photo: Daily Thanthi / Thanthi TVPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
26 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 1,300,000
Agency
Tamil Nadu Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (26 kg)
Activity
Smuggling, Sale
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Tamil Nadu
Route
India → India
Sources
Thanthi TVthanthitv.comTAArchived copyகாரில் கஞ்சா கடத்தல்: ஆந்திராவில் இருந்து 26 கிலோ கஞ்சா கடத்தி வந்த 2 பெண்கள் கைது. Women Smuggling Cannabis: 26 kg seized, 2 arrested in Andhra Pradesh.
The reports give no separate time or exact spot for the car check; 6 November 2026 is both the date they state (Friday) and the publication date of the Thanthi TV and Daily Thanthi articles.
The check is placed only in Pudukkottai and its surroundings, so coordinates are those of Pudukkottai town with district precision.
The two women are named, but one is described only as the other's sister's daughter; no ages or occupations were reported.
No charges or court stage were reported beyond a registered case and an ongoing investigation.
The Thanthi TV page carries only a one-sentence written account and an embedded video, so no separate details or verified video content came from it.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Daily Thanthi: Police registered a case and said they were working to find who drove the car and which key figures sit behind the inter-state ganja network.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Thinathulir: A second Tamil outlet, Thinathulir, reported the same 26 kg seizure and put its value at about ₹13 lakh.
Left out case stage, as its quotation was not found in Daily Thanthi.
The two women are identified only by given names, with no ages or occupations reported.
No charges under a specific law section or court stage were reported beyond a registered case and an ongoing investigation.
Dinamani dates the arrest to Thursday night (5 November 2026), while the Thanthi TV and Daily Thanthi accounts date the car check to Friday 6 November; the reports may reflect a check after midnight or different reckoning, and no source reconciles them.
Dinamani places the check at Kattiyavayal in Pudukkottai district and describes the arresting officers as a special team of the district superintendent of police, with the case then handed to the prohibition enforcement wing; the earlier reports describe district police stopping the car.
Dinamani gives the two women's ages as 55 and 35 and no occupations.
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