THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Gold smuggling case second accused Swapna Suresh has told the Customs that accused Rameez and Sandeep are the main conspirators in the case.

“Both got acquainted with each other in Dubai. I only have a friendly relationship with Sivasankar and he had no role in the gold smuggling case,” she revealed.

Swapna told the investigation team that the gold smuggling was done with the connivance of UAE consulate general and Attache. “For each smuggling operation, both were paid $1500 each. When there was outbreak of Covid in Kerala, the Consulate returned to his homeland.”

Meanwhile, Sandeep Nair gave the statement that he came into contact with Sarith while he was working in Thiruvananthapuram. “It was Rameez who mainly schemed to smuggle gold through diplomatic channel,” he revealed.

New reports coming out say that Swapna had also been a real estate broker. Lakhs of money in her banks locker is said to be the proceeds from these deals.

Both NIA and Customs are currently investigating her money transactions. The other day the NIA team had seized Rs One crore and about One kg crore from Swapna’s bank locker. Rs 64 lakh and 982.5 gm gold was recovered form SBI Thiruvananthapuram City branch locker and Rs 36.5 lakh from the locker of Federal bank’s statue branch.