Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Feb 28: The police said they have got clues about the identities of the persons who were behind smuggling of gold through two persons by a KSRTC bus from Bengaluru to Kasargod, after sending it from Dubai to Bengaluru.

It may be recalled that the police, who had seized 1.29 kg gold from a KSRTC bus coming to Kasargod from Bengaluru at Adoor here, had arrested Abdulla Kunhi (22), son of Jamal from Koliyadka in the district, and Mohammed Razack Rahman (26), son of Mohammed Kunhi from Melparamba.

The police said they would also be sending reports on the recovery of gold and its investigation to both directorate of revenue intelligence and customs departments.

The arrested man, Abdulla Kunhi, reportedly told the police that he and the other person were carriers of gold, and that the gold hand been handed over to him by a person named Moidu in the Gulf region. Razack said the gold in his possession had been handed to him by a person named Mohammed Rashid Rahman. The policemen are now concentrating on getting details of these two persons.

The police are now investigating about the possibility of these two persons having functioned as carriers for earlier smuggling incidents. They are checking their passports for clues on this aspect.