Overview

• Police acting on an intelligence tip-off by the South-East Zone Task Force and Bandlaguda police intercepted a car at Bandlaguda X Road to detain the suspects.
• The trio—Mohammad Shameerulla Baig (35), Bodugu Rajesh (26) and Sonkavalli Naresh (29)—are residents of Rajahmundry with Shameerulla and Rajesh reportedly turning to the drug trade after facing business losses.
• Authorities seized 25.612 kg of dry marijuana valued at ₹3.9 lakh alongside the transport vehicle, four mobile phones, a laptop and ₹3,000 in cash.
• Investigators established that the suspects procured the consignment from a supplier named Ramu in Rajahmundry for ₹1.85 lakh and intended to sell it to a buyer known as Shiva.
• Both Ramu and the intended purchaser Shiva remain at large as authorities expand a multi-agency campaign under the NDPS Act to map and dismantle inter-state drug networks.