# MBA student smuggled MDMA on train for ₹50,000

> An MBA student was arrested at Vijayawada railway station with MDMA worth eleven lakh rupees after allegedly smuggling it from Bengaluru for a commission.
- Title: MBA student smuggled MDMA on train for ₹50,000 · The Hindu
- Summary: An MBA student was arrested at Vijayawada railway station with MDMA worth eleven lakh rupees after allegedly smuggling it from Bengaluru for a commission…
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- Source: The Hindu — https://thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/mba-student-smuggled-mdma-on-train-to-vijayawada-or-50000-commision-say-police/article71599574.ece
- Author: Rajulapudi Srinivas
- Published: 2026-10-18T15:01:10+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: yerramsetti naga sowmya, mdma smuggling, vijayawada railway station, bengaluru, government railway police, drug trafficking, news, politics
## MBA student arrested with MDMA
Yerramsetti Naga Sowmya, an MBA student from Patamata in Vijayawada, was arrested by Government Railway Police and EAGLE on October 14 at Vijayawada railway station.
## Drug worth eleven lakh rupees seized
Sowmya had allegedly collected one hundred ten grams of MDMA worth eleven lakh rupees from a Nigerian national Andol Noel at Yelahanka in Bengaluru before boarding the Bengaluru-Howrah Express.
## Fifty thousand rupee commission for smuggling
Sowmya reportedly took fifty thousand rupees as a commission from drug handler Sheik Basheer for smuggling the MDMA from Bengaluru to Vijayawada. Her boyfriend Venkata Sai Vardhan is in jail in a similar case.
## Police trace suppliers through social media
Police have seized mobile phones of Sowmya and Basheer and are trying to trace suppliers and clients through social media platforms used by the accused.

> We are trying to trace the suppliers and clients through the social media platforms used by the accused.
## Key takeaway

Police arrested MBA student Yerramsetti Naga Sowmya at Vijayawada railway station on October 14 after she arrived with MDMA worth eleven lakh rupees allegedly smuggled from Bengaluru.