Kochi: One of the main accused in the gold smuggling case Faisal Fareed has been taken into custody by the UAE police. It is reported that legal steps have begun to bring him back to India within two days.
Fareed was traced by identifying the location of his mobile number. His attempts to flee from Dubai to other emirates also was in vain due to surveillance as part of coronavirus outbreak.
The Union Home and External Affairs Ministries had also ramped up efforts to extradite Faisal Fareed to India.