KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has brought Sarith, the main accused in the gold smuggling case, to the capital city for evidence collection. The team left Kochi Tuesday early morning. The team had earlier collected evidences after bringing Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair to the capital city.

Meantime, the NIA custody of Swapna and Sandeep, accused in the case, will end today. The two will be produced in the NIA court in Kochi today. As detailed questioning has been completed, their custody may not be asked.

The customs are likely to approach the NIA court for registering the arrest of the two. The customs will move the special court considering economic offences seeking the custody of Rameez remanded in the case. A decision will be taken today itself as his COVID test turned negative. A decision has not been taken on extraditing Faizal Fareed, the main link in the case, to India.