THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One more person has been taken into custody in the gold smuggling case. The person taken into custody has been identified as Hamsad. Meantime, the customs have started taking steps to seize the passport of Rabinz believed to be an aide of Faizal Fareed, accused in the case. The customs had found that it was Rabinz who helped Faizal in sending the gold.

A new controversy sparked after the National Investigating Agency hinted that Swapna Suresh, second accused in the case spent the money obtained from smuggling for terrorist activities. This was hinted in the custody report submitted when Swapna Suresh and fourth accused Sandeep Nair was produced in the NIA court yesterday. Swapna has huge deposits in banks and the money obtained from smuggling is suspected to have funded for terrorist activities.