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Two from Mallapuram arrested in smuggling case after raids in multiple locations
New Delhi, July 16: The Customs Department has arrested two persons in connection with the Kerala Gold Smuggling case.
The arrested have been identified as Muhammad Anwar and Saidalvi. Both hail from Mallapuram district. The arrests came after the Customs conducted raids at multiple locations in Kerala earlier today.
Raids were carried out at the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited, which falls under the IT Department. The raid lasted for more than an hour at the KSITL, where key accused Swapna Suresh used to work.
A raid was carried out by the Customs as well at the flat where M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister used to reside. The Customs suspects that the plan pertaining to the smuggling was hatched in this flat.
It may be recalled that the Customs had questioned Sivasankar for nearly 9 hours at the Customs House.
On Friday, the NIA registered an FIR in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case.
The
case
has
been
registered
under
sections
16,
17
and
18
of
the
Unlawful
Activities
(Prevention)
Act,
1967,
against
04
accused
persons
including
Swapna
Prabha
Suresh
The
case
relates
to
the
seizure
of
30
kg
of
24
carat
gold
worth
Rs.14.82
crores
at
Trivandrum
International
Airport
The aforesaid consignment was found camouflaged in diplomatic baggage from UAE that is exempted from inspection as per the Vienna Convention. The said consignment was to be received by Sarith P S who had worked in the UAE Consulate earlier as Public Relations Officer. Initial investigation by Customs Department has revealed that Sarith had received multiple such consignments earlier as well.
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As the case pertains to smuggling of large quantity of gold into India from offshore locations threatening the economic stability and national security of the country, it amounts to a terrorist act as stated in section 15 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Further, as the case has national and international linkages and as the initial enquiries have revealed that the proceeds of smuggled gold could be used for financing of terrorism in India, NIA had taken up the investigation of the case.
