17.12.2024 - DRI seizes 9.184 kg hy onic weed at Ahmedabad Airport; one person arrested.

17.12.2024 - DRI seizes 2.96 kg hy onic weed concealed in baggage at Mumbai Airport; one person arrested.

16.12.2024 - DRI seizes 12 kg methamphetamine concealed in a vehicle near Guwahati; two persons arrested.

16.12.2024 - DRI seizes 5.68 kg hy onic weed concealed in food packets at Ahmedabad Airport; one person arrested.

15.12.2024 - DRI seizes 1.724 kg gold in paste form smuggled by cabin crew at Chennai Airport; two persons arrested.

14.12.2024 - DRI seizes 1.95 kg smuggled gold concealed in household items at Delhi Courier Terminal.

13.12.2024 - DRI seizes 846.9 kg ganja concealed in a truck near Zaheerabad; vehicle also seized.

13.12.2024 - DRI seizes 1.514 kg foreign origin gold concealed in a car near Jalpaiguri; two persons arrested.

13.12.2024 - DRI seizes 8 kg hy onic weed concealed in food packets at Chennai Airport; one person arrested.

13.12.2024 - DRI seizes 3.18 kg heroin concealed in a truck near Guwahati; five persons arrested.

13.12.2024 - DRI seizes 3 00 000 smuggled cigarette sticks worth Rs. 45 lakhs near Guwahati; vehicle also seized.

12.12.2024 - DRI seizes laptops drones gaming consoles and cosmetics mis declared as clothes at Delhi Courier Terminal; goods worth Rs. 4.13 crore.

30.11.2024- DRI seizes 55 exotic reptiles including Yellow Spotted Lizards from a passenger arriving from Malaysia at Trichy International Airport.

29.11.2024- DRI seizes 23.17 MT of areca nuts concealed with cashew nuts in a container at Tuticorin Port.

29.11.2024- DRI intercepts truck near Rampur toll plaza and seizes 10 000 smuggled e-cigarettes concealed in a cavity; one person arrested.

29.11.2024- DRI seizes protein and fitness supplements worth Rs. 4.07 crore concealed in a container at Nhava Sheva Port; one person arrested.

28.11.2024 - DRI seizes 850 MT of duty-free raw chickpeas imported under Advance Authorization diverted to the market without duty payment.

28.11.2024- DRI intercepts five passengers at Mumbai Airport and seizes 75 Apple iPhones and 20 Dell laptops concealed in baggage.

27.11.2024 - DRI seizes 2 01 740 firecrackers mis declared as stationery at Kolkata Port; two persons arrested.

25.11.2024- DRI seized 2.2 kgs of hy onic weed Ganja concealed inside packets labeled as chocolates/snacks at Hyderabad International Airport from a passenger arriving from Bangkok.

25.11.2024- DRI seized 71 40 000 sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes concealed in a container at Kolkata Port. The cigarettes were mis-declared as baby diapers.

24.11.2024- DRI seized 6 live Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizards concealed in cake packets from two passengers traveling from Bangkok at Visakhapatnam Railway Station.

24.11.2024- DRI seized 41 live wild animals including Asian Forest Tortoises and Rattle Snakes concealed with plastic toys and clothes from two passengers at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad.

23.11.2024- DRI seized 2 kg of methamphetamine tablets and 845 grams of heroin concealed in a tyre of a truck intercepted in Silchar Assam.

23.11.2024- DRI seized 340 grams of cocaine concealed in a passenger’s baggage at CSMI Airport Mumbai.

23.11.2024- DRI seized 2 619 grams of foreign-origin gold concealed in personal luggage from two persons at Itarasi Railway Station.

23.11.2024- DRI seized 1392.3 grams of cocaine concealed in 70 capsules purged by a Guinean national at IGI Airport New Delhi.

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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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