Three decades ago, in January 1996, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received a crucial piece of information from the Australian Interpol National Central Bureau. The Canberra-based agency shared with its Indian counterpart intelligence on an alleged foul play committed in a case that was tried in a court located in Thiruvananthapuram.
The input pertained to the alleged malpractices committed at the behest of an Australian, Andrew Salvatore Cervelli, who was nabbed at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport on April 4, 1990, with narcotic substances stored in two pockets concealed within his undergarment.
