India, July 12 -- Two key accused in Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, were taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Bengaluru on Saturday, official sources said.

Swapna is named as the second accused and Sandeep has been named as the fourth accused in the FIR taken by NIA and both have been slapped with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) along with first accused Sarith PS and third accused Fazil Fareed.

Already, Sarith PS was arrested by the Customs, while Fazil Fareed is still at large. NIA officials yesterday conducted a detailed interrogation of Sarith after reaching the customs office in Kochi where he is in custody.

According to the official statement issued by N...