Case registered based on a petition by Muhammed Yahya, 22, of Edappally who purchased a Toyota Land Cruiser from a Delhi-based agent for ₹14 lakh in 2024. On September 23, 2025, in simultaneous Statewide raids across 30 locations, including the residences of actors, the Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Kochi, seized 36 high-value second-hand cars suspected to have been smuggled in from Bhutan