04.10.2025 - DRI seizes 6.53 kg pangolin scales in Hanamkonda Telangana.

03.10.2025 - DRI seizes old & used laptops CPUs and processor chips worth Rs. 23 crore at Nhava Sheva under Operation DigiScrap; one person arrested.

03.10.2025 - DRI seizes 7.95 kg of cocaine worth Rs. 79.5 crore at Mumbai Airport; two passengers arriving from Bangkok arrested.

02.10.2025 - DRI busts gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai Airport; 1.46 kg gold seized. Airport staffer Bangladeshi transit passenger handler and receiver arrested.

01.10.2025 - DRI seizes 2 765.2 grams gold bullion from a passenger on Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express at Barauni; one person arrested.

30.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 300.27 kg Cannabis from a truck near Vijayawada and in follow-up operation in Salem; three persons arrested.

30.09.2025 - DRI seizes 50 kg Sea Horse and 20 kg Sea Cucumber in Ramanathapuram Tamil Nadu.

25.09.2025 - DRI seizes 13.96 kg Hydroponic Weed from a passenger at CSMI Airport Mumbai; one person arrested.

25.09.2025 - DRI seizes 9 014 kg Poppy Seeds 6 380 kg Areca Nuts and 11.9 lakh Cigarettes in coordinated operations near Guwahati.

24.09.2025 - DRI seizes 10.385 kg Hydroponic Weed from a passenger at Jaipur Airport; one person arrested.

24.09.2025 - DRI seizes 5 619 grams foreign-origin gold in Kishanganj Bihar; four persons arrested.

23.09.2025 - DRI seizes 29.249 kg Hydroponic Weed from passengers at IGI Airport New Delhi; two persons arrested.

23.09.2025 - DRI seizes 105 iPhone 17 Pro units from a passenger at NSCBI Airport Kolkata; one person arrested.

23.09.2025 - DRI seizes 3 827.53 grams Heroin near Churachandpur Manipur; four persons arrested.

21.09.2025 - DRI seizes 4 980 grams Cocaine from a passenger at Chennai Airport; one person arrested.

21.09.2025 - DRI seizes 2.3 kg foreign-origin gold at Madurai Airport; three persons arrested.

20.09.2025 - DRI seizes 12 kg Hydroponic Weed from a passenger at Hyderabad Airport; one person arrested.

18.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 leopard skin in Chandigarh; two persons arrested.

17.09.2025 - DRI recovers Rs. 28.25 crore in a case of undervaluation of imported Microcurrent Stimulator Devices.

17.09.2025 - DRI seizes 4 419 grams foreign-origin gold from passengers at Trichy Airport.

17.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 leopard skin and 1 Hatha Jodi in Patna Bihar; two persons arrested.

17.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 261.8 grams foreign-origin gold at Hyderabad Airport; two persons arrested.

17.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 415.93 grams foreign-origin gold from a passenger at Sealdah Railway Station Kolkata; one person arrested.

16.09.2025 - DRI seizes 1 798 grams Cocaine/Methaqualone from a passenger at Chennai Airport; one person arrested.

15.09.2025 - DRI seizes 5.572 kg Hydroponic Weed from a passenger at Lucknow Airport; one person arrested.

15.09.2025 - DRI seizes 6 750 kg foreign-origin Areca Nuts from three vehicles near Mawkdok View Point Meghalaya.

14.09.2025 - DRI seizes 39.2 kg Hydroponic Weed from passengers at CSMI Airport Mumbai; three 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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Plot No. 11-B, Institutional Area Vasant Kunj, New Delhi,
Delhi 110070

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