Thiruvananthapuram: The shadow team of the city police held a fugitive wanted in connection with the sensational case related to massive gold smuggling through Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) at Nedumbassery. The police identified him as Kunhayan Kutti, 40, of Kakkattummal House near Kayanna Bazar, Perambra in Kozhikode.
The Union Finance Ministry had issued a lookout notice in his name after he went absconding over two months ago. The police have detained him invoking provisions of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. He was sent to Poojapura Central Jail on Thursday.
The gang involving Kutti was suspected to have smuggled over 360 kilograms of gold out of CIAL through carrier passengers. The police had earlier arrested nearly 35 persons, including airport ground handling staff, jewellery shop owners and carriers. Though Kunhayan Kutti too was nabbed earlier, he managed to escape from the police custody.
08/10/15 Rejith Balakrishnan/Times of India
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The Union Finance Ministry had issued a lookout notice in his name after he went absconding over two months ago. The police have detained him invoking provisions of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. He was sent to Poojapura Central Jail on Thursday.
The gang involving Kutti was suspected to have smuggled over 360 kilograms of gold out of CIAL through carrier passengers. The police had earlier arrested nearly 35 persons, including airport ground handling staff, jewellery shop owners and carriers. Though Kunhayan Kutti too was nabbed earlier, he managed to escape from the police custody.
08/10/15 Rejith Balakrishnan/Times of India
