On 14 July 2026, Moinabad police arrested Akula Lokesh Naidu and Venkata Maniramulu Routh after a raid at Tea Time, in an open development opposite JBIET College, acting on information that two men were selling cannabis there.[1] Police seized 1.45 kilograms of cannabis from the two men, registered a case and began an investigation.[1] The bust took place in Moinabad, Ranga Reddy district, where local concern had been raised over reports of drug sales around JBIET and the Bhaskara educational institutions.[1]
The broader allegations described drug sellers near JBIET as targeting students at engineering and professional colleges on the city’s outskirts.[1] More broadly, police, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau and Eagle Force were maintaining surveillance on drug supply, while police continued to raid colleges on the city’s outskirts.[1] Residents called for increased police surveillance and surprise checks around colleges, and advocated coordination between college management, parents and police to protect students from drugs.[1]
