Kerala gold smuggling case involving Swapna Suresh: NIA raids Coimbatore smithery unit, seizes gold and cash

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Wednesday conducted searches at the residence and business premises
Kerala gold smuggling case involving Swapna Suresh: NIA raids Coimbatore smithery unit, seizes gold and cash
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CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Wednesday conducted searches at the residence and business premises of a goldsmith in Coimbatore as part of its ongoing probe into the Kerala gold smuggling case, police said.

A four-member NIA team reached the residence of Nandakumar in Coimbatore this morning to carry out the searches. Further details are awaited.

The gold smuggling case surfaced when PS Sarith, a former employee of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, was arrested by the Customs on July 5 when he was allegedly facilitating the smuggling of 30 kg gold in diplomatic baggage from Dubai.

It turned murkier when the name of Swapna Suresh, a former employee of the Consulate but since employed with the Kerala IT Department, surfaced. Her links to now-suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, who was then Principal Secretary to the Chief as well as IT Secretary, also came out. (IANS)

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