27.02.2024- DRI seizes 4.202 kg foreign-origin gold from two persons at at Churu Railway Station Rajasthan.

23.02.2024- DRI seizes 2348 carats of lab grown diamonds from a passenger who had landed at Bengaluru International Airport.

20.02.2024- DRI seizes 34.76 kg foreign-origin gold from two person intercepted at Charbagh Railway Station Lucknow.

18.02.2024- DRI seizes of fourteen live animals and birds from a suspected vehicle with three occupants near Dadara Outpost Police Station Assam.

17.02.2024- DRI seizes 416.130 kg of Ganja from forest area in Sonamura Tripura.

16.02.2024- DRI seizes 10.285 kgs of methamphetamine tablets from a truck intercepted near near Imphal-Jiribam Road Manipur.

15.02.2024- DRI seizes 19 kg foreign-origin gold from consignments at Kolkata Delhi and Ahmedabad airport.

14.02.2024- DRI seizes 28.01 lakh pieces of Peacock tail feathers and 16000 Peacock feather stems from a consignment at Nhava Sheva Mumbai.

13.02.2024- DRI seizes 2 Red-tailed monkeys from luggage of a passenger who had landed at Chennai International Airport.

12.02.2024- DRI seizes 790.73 kg of Ganja from a vehicle intercepted at Rajahmundry district Andhra Pradesh.

12.02.2024- DRI seizes 975.50 kg of Ganja from a truck intercepted at Borkhedi Toll Plaza Nagpur.

10.02.2024- DRI seizes 3.744 kg foreign-origin gold from three passengers who had landed at NCSBI Airport Kolkata.

08.02.2024- DRI seizes 16.990 MT of poppy seed and 400 kgs of black pepper from a truck intercepted at Kamrup Guwahati.

08.02.2024- DRI seizes 910 gram foreign-origin gold from a passenger who had landed at Chennai International Airport and in follow up searches 4124 kg gold 172-gram gold jewellery and Indian currency amounting to Rs. 32.42 lakhs were seized.

07.02.2024- DRI seizes 1003.99 carats of lab grown diamonds concealed in baggage of a passenger who had landed at Chennai International Airport.

07.02.2024- DRI seizes 43.490 MT of Areca Nuts from a consignment mis declared to contain LLD Polyethylene granules.

07.02.2024- DRI seizes of 309 live turtles from a hotel premises near Charbagh railway station Lucknow.

06.02.2024- DRI seizes 4141 grams of morphine from four people at Guwahati Railway Station.

06.02.2024- DRI seizes 83.352 MT of Areca Nuts from a cargo declared to contain Base oil.

06.02.2024- DRI seizes of 370 live turtles from five persons intercepted near Sultanpur road Lucknow.

03.02.2024- DRI seizes 10.638 kg foreign-origin gold from a passenger who had landed at Chennai International Airport.

03.02.2024- DRI seizes 10.737 kg foreign-origin gold from a person at Maluapara West Bengal.

26.01.2024- DRI seizes elephant tusks weighing 8.986 kg from three persons at Deogarh Odisha.

25.01.2024- DRI seizes 1590 grams of heroin from a vehicle with two occupants near Garo Basti Kamrup Guwahati.

25.01.2024- DRI seizes 16.67 kg gold 39.700 kg silver & 1.54 kg copper concealed inside the cover of the electric meter from an import consignment at foreign post office New Delhi.

24.01.2024- DRI seizes 8.465 kg foreign-origin gold concealed in belts fastened around the waists of five persons of a smuggling syndicate intercepted at Indo-Bangladesh border.

24.01.2024- DRI seizes 6.997 kg foreign-origin gold from a person intercepted near the Indo-Bangladesh border.

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DRI Events

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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