Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arraigned five more persons as accused in the high profile Kerala gold smuggling case, officials said on Monday.
As the four of these arraigned accused in the case are currently in the UAE, the NIA will approach Interpol to trace them out.
According to officials, these accused have been identified as Mohammad Aslam (44), Abdul Latheef K (47), Nazirudheen Shah alias Nasru (32) and Ramzan Parancherry alias Sabu Pullara (36), all from Mallapura and Mohammed Mansoor PS alias Manju (35), a native of Kozhikode.
Except for Mohammad Aslam, all other accused persons are in the UAE and NIA has approached NIA court to issue a non-bailable arrest warrant against them. NIA is interrogating Aslam, officials said.
"The said accused persons are required to be secured for investigation in this case and Blue Notice to be issued through Interpol," the NIA stated at the special NIA court.