MBA student smuggled MDMA on train to Vijayawada or ₹50,000 commission, say police

An MBA student, Yerramsetti Naga Sowmya, who was caught with MDMA by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and EAGLE at Vijayawada railway station on October 14, had allegedly procured the contraband from a Nigerian in Bengaluru, police sources said. The EAGLE and GRP personnel arrested Sowmya, a native of Patamata in Vijayawada, after she arrived in the city on Bengaluru-Howrah Express. Investigation revealed that Sowmya’s boyfriend, Venkata Sai Vardhan, is in jail after being named an accused in a similar case. “Sowmya allegedly collected 110 grams of MDMA worth ₹11 lakh from a Nigerian national Andol Noel at Yelahanka in Bengaluru before boarding the train to Vijayawada. She had plans to hand over the drug to Basheer,” an investigating officer told The Hindu. “We are trying to trace the suppliers and clients through the social media platforms used by the accused,” a GRP official said.