08.12.2025 - DRI busts clandestine Mephedrone manufacturing unit in remote Karanja Wardha ; 128.48 kg Mephedrone seized; 3 key operatives arrested.

05.12.2025 - DRI detects misuse of SIL licences for import of old and used rubber tyre scrap; 1 person arrested.

04.12.2025 - DRI detects diversion of PVC Resin imported under Advance Authorisations; Rs. 16.60 crore duty involved 1 person arrested.

04.12.2025 - DRI seizes 7 kg of hydroponic weed at Delhi & Kochi Airports; five members of a syndicate including mastermind and coordinator arrested.

04.12.2025 - DRI seizes 2 042 bottles 200.4 kg of codeine-based cough syrup in Kolkata. Three persons arrested.

04.12.2025 - DRI seizes 7.19 lakh foreign-origin cigarette sticks from a locked room in a residence near Guwahati; smuggled from Myanmar via Mizoram.

02.12.2025 - DRI seizes 12.784 kg hydroponic cannabis from three passengers arriving from Bangkok at Lucknow Airport; three persons arrested.

02.12.2025 - DRI seizes 8.33 MT foreign-origin walnuts from a truck near Haraiya Basti.

01.12.2025 - DRI seizes 256 grams of MDMA tablets from a Cameroonian national travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru; one person arrested.

01.12.2025 - DRI seizes 193.920 kg ganja from a truck near Muzaffarpur; two persons arrested.

30.11.2025 - DRI seizes 45 984 e-cigarettes mis-declared as umbrellas at Tuticorin Port; three persons arrested.

27.11.2025 - DRI seizes 9 000 kg foreign-origin areca nuts at Khanapara-ISBT corridor Guwahati; three persons arrested.

26.11.2025 - DRI seizes 5.685 kg gold dust in wax form near Mumbai Central Railway Station; two persons arrested.

24.11.2025 - DRI seizes 23 92 000 sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes in Churachandpur District Manipur; two persons arrested.

23.11.2025 - DRI seizes 5.55 kg Hydroponic weed concealed in check-in baggage of a passenger arriving from Bangkok to Hyderabad; 1 person arrested.

22.11.2025 - DRI seizes 37.5 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes during “Operation Filter Out” in Lunglei Mizoram; 1 person arrested.

22.11.2025 - DRI seizes 1049.72 grams of foreign-origin gold from two persons at Sargachhi Railway Station Berhampore; 2 persons arrested.

22.11.2025 - DRI seizes 74 000 pieces of e-cigarettes concealed in containers misdeclared as slippers at Kolkata Port; consignment stopped enroute for transshipment to Nepal.

21.11.2025 - DRI seizes 36.2 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes and 300 foreign-origin quilts during “Operation Filter Out” in Kanhmun Mizoram; 2 persons arrested.

21.11.2025 - DRI seizes 10 kg methamphetamine tablets and 75 000 Etadol tablets from an abandoned vehicle near Agartala.

19.11.2025 - DRI detects diversion of 26 kg duty-free imported gold into domestic market under misuse of Advance Authorisation scheme; three persons arrested.

19.11.2025 - DRI seizes assorted foreign currency worth Rs. 1.56 crore from three passengers at Bengaluru Airport; 3 persons arrested.

18.11.2025 - DRI seizes 3 110 grams of heroin from two female passengers travelling by train from New Jalpaiguri to Delhi; 2 persons arrested.

18.11.2025 - DRI seizes 1 620 gram of gold dust in wax form from two passengers arriving in Mumbai from Madinah; 2 persons arrested.

18.11.2025 - DRI seizes 970.28 grams of heroin smuggled from Myanmar into Churachandpur Manipur; 2 persons arrested.

18.11.2025 - DRI seizes 6 900 prohibited drones concealed in an import consignment at ICD Dadri; goods valued at approx. Rs. 2.10 crore.

17.11.2025 - DRI seizes 9.06 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes from a truck near Imphal; 2 persons arrested.

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DRI Events

DRI celebrates 67th Foundation Day in New Delhi

DRI celebrates 66th Founding Day in Gandhinagar

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates the first Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters GCCEM in New Delhi

Inaugural Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters GCCEM organised by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI concludes in New Delhi with a resolve to reinforce global cooperation in the fight against cross border crimes

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates DRI’s 65th Founding Day Celebrations on 5th December 2022

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Reward Scheme

The Directorate of Revenue intelligence appreciates and encourages information provided by the informers. The inputs by the conscientious citizens of the country helps DRI to prevent the illegal import and commercial frauds, which otherwise are detrimental to the economy of our country. To appreciate and encourage the citizens, monetary reward based on the value of the confiscated goods and penalty realised. The extent of reward depends upon the specificity and accuracy of the information, the risk and trouble undertaken, the extent and nature of the help rendered by the informer, whether information gives clues to persons involved in smuggling, or their associates etc. In exceptional cases the reward to the informers can be as high as 20% of the value of confiscated goods and penalty realised. However, the informer is discouraged from submitting any false information, which is liable to prosecution. The reward is disbursed only after conclusion of adjudication/ appeal/revision proceedings. The final reward is determined on the basis of the net sale proceeds of goods seized/confiscated (if any) and/or the amount of additional duty/fraudulently claimed Drawback recovered plus penalty/fine recovered.

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Kirti Chakra Awardee
Presidential Medal
DRI Martyr's Medal
WCO Certificate of Merit
Utkrisht Seva Samman
Bravery Award

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