{
  "id": 15431586,
  "title": "MBA student smuggled MDMA on train to Vijayawada or ₹50,000 commision, say police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/mba-student-smuggled-mdma-on-train-to-vijayawada-or-50-000-commision",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:01:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/mba-student-smuggled-mdma-on-train-to-vijayawada-or-50000-commision-say-police/article71599574.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An MBA student, Yerramsetti Naga Sowmya, was arrested at Vijayawada railway station on October 14 after being caught with MDMA by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and EAGLE. Sowmya, who had procured the contraband from a Nigerian in Bengaluru, allegedly received ₹50,000 as a commission from a drug handler, Sheik Basheer, for smuggling MDMA from Bengaluru to Vijayawada. Police have seized the mobile phones of both Sowmya and Basheer in an attempt to trace the suppliers and clients through social media platforms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}