India
Vijayawada police seize 100 grams of MDMA
The Hindu··2d ago
Government Railway Police and Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement officers arrested Y. Naga Sowmya for allegedly smuggling MDMA from Bengaluru. The team searched the Bengaluru-Howrah Express at Vijayawada railway station in the early hours of October 14 and seized about 100 grams of MDMA. Deputy Superintendent of Railway Police R.G. Jaya Surya said the wider racket is under investigation.
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What It Means For You
- Long-distance trains remain a monitored corridor for small-volume synthetic drug movement.
- A tip-off-led search can lead to arrest before a passenger leaves the platform.
- Police say they are checking how often the accused allegedly moved drugs on this route.
What's Happening
- Vijayawada GRP Circle Inspector J.V. Ramana and EAGLE CI M. Ravindra led the Wednesday operation.
- Sowmya, a native of Patamata in Vijayawada, was arrested on the train.
- About 100 grams of MDMA were seized and forwarded for further investigation.
Who Ran the Operation
- GRP and EAGLE ran the case as a joint anti-narcotics operation.
- The Bengaluru-Howrah Express stop at Vijayawada was the search point.
- Officials described the haul as part of a broader smuggling inquiry, not a closed file.
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