UAPA slapped on woman wanted in gold smuggling case

A former woman employee of the UAE consulate, key suspect in the gold smuggling bid through diplomatic baggage, has been booked under the UAPA, the NIA informed the Kerala high court. The counsels for the Centre and the NIA made the submission while opposing the anticipatory bail application of Swapna Suresh, who is on the run & said she had criminal antecedents.