NIA team reach Kerala with Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, crosses Walayar check post

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The NIA team with Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, suspects in the gold smuggling case, arrested from Bengaluru, have reached Walayar. The vehicle carrying them reached Walayar check post at 11.30 am. The vehicle crossed the check post with heavy police security. The two accused were in two separate vehicles. The team is expected to reach Kochi by 3 pm. The team left Bengaluru at 5 am. Congress activists staged protests at Walayar. A large crowd including the media were at the check-post.

The two were arrested from Bengaluru last night. The two were nabbed at a time when they had planned to flee to Nagaland where Sandeep’s friend has a resort. All arrangements were made for that. It was in between this they were nabbed by tracing their phone calls. A message sent to a Whatsapp group by them also led to their arrest.