The declaration made under section 9 of the COFEPOSA Act by the Additional Secretary to the Government of India on 23 8 1988 reads as under: "Whereas Shri M. Ahamedkutty S/o Shri Cheriya Saidukutty has been detained on 2 8 1988 in pursuance of order No. 35158/SSAI/88/Home dated 25 6 1988 of the Government of Kerala made under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of For eign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 with a view to preventing him from smuggling gold; And whereas I, the undersigned, specially empowered in this behalf by the Central Government, have carefully considered the grounds of detention and the material served on the detenu: 227 Now, therefore, I. the undersigned, hereby declare that I am satisfied that the aforesaid Shri Ahamedkutty S/O Shri Cheriya Saidukutty is likely to smuggle goods into and through Trivandrum Airport which is an area highly vulnera ble to smuggling as defined in Explanation 1 to Section 9(1) of the .