26.05.2024- DRI seizes Foreign Origin gold biscuits weighing 16.065 Kg at Gunarmath West Bengal.

19.05.2024- DRI seizes 1.749 kgs of Heroin from two persons in District Gurdaspur Punjab.

17.05.2024- DRI seizes 605.990 grams of heroin and 05 packages containing 02.98 kilograms of methamphetamine tablets commonly known as YABA from one person in Cachar Assam.

13.04.2024- DRI seizes illegal wildlife articles Bengal Monitor Lizard alonwith soft corals from two persons at Nandgaon Nashik Maharashtra.

06.05.2024- DRI seizes 5.892 Kg gold of smuggled gold from two persons in Ramanathapuram Tamil Nadu.

06.05.2024- DRI seizes 1468 grams of cocaine from a passanger at CSMI Airport Mumbai.

02.05.2024- DRI seizes 5.96 kg gold from four persons concealed in car at Choutuppal Telangana.

29.04.2024- DRI seizes foreign currency and Indian currency valued at Rs. 1.47 Crores from two passengers at Mumbai International Airport.

25.04.2024- DRI seizes 668.82 grams cocaine from a passenger at Cochin International Airport.

24.04.2024- DRI seizes 3.550 kg heroin from a passenger who had landed Anna International Airport Chennai.

24.04.2024- DRI seizes 4.55 kg heroin from a passenger who had landed at IGI Airport New Delhi.

23.04.2024- DRI seizes 1116 grams cocaine from a passenger who had landed at IGI Airport New Delhi.

23.04.2024- DRI seizes 4.480 kgs of methamphetamine tablets from a truck intercepted at near Aizawl-Champhai Highway Mizoram.

22.04.2024- DRI seizes 19.80 kilograms of pangolin scales from a car along with three occupants intercepted near District Ri-Bhoi Meghalaya.

22.04.2024- DRI seizes 27 78 600 cigarette sticks from a container.

22.04.2024- DRI seizes 8 20 000 sticks of foreign origin cigarettes from a truck intercepted at Electronic City Industrial Area Bengaluru.

22.04.2024- DRI seizes 9.31 Kg of gold from a melting facility in Mumbai which had been smuggled from Africa through Mumbai International Airport.

20.04.2024- DRI seizes 4.7 kg foreign-origin gold from four passengers who had landed at Ahmedabad International Airport.

14.04.2024- DRI seizes 9.50 kgs of methamphetamine tablets from three persons intercepted at the vicinity of Agartala Railway Station Tripura.

11.04.2024- DRI seizes 62.9 kg of Ganja concealed in two plastic drums intercepted at District Sepahijala Tripura.

10.04.2024- DRI seizes 19.918 kg foreign-origin gold from a car along with three occupants intercepted at near Kamrup Guwahati.

10.04.2024- DRI seizes 3.205 kg foreign-origin gold from three passengers who had landed at Kempe Gowda International Airport.

07.04.2024- DRI seizes 63.760 kg of Ganja from a car intercepted at Dalsingh Sarai Road Begusarai.

06.04.2024- DRI seizes 10 kgs of methamphetamine tablets from a truck intercepted near Cachar Assam.

06.04.2024- DRI seizes 4.946 kg foreign-origin gold from a passenger who had landed at Ahilyabai International Airport Indore.

06.04.2024- DRI seizes 835.5 grams cocaine from a passenger who had landed at IGI Airport New Delhi.

01.04.2024- DRI seizes 2 kgs of methamphetamine tablets from a person at Aizawl Mizoram.

DRI Seizures

Read more

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

News updates / Press Release

Read more

Former Directors General

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.

DRI Offices

Headquarters -

Mahatma Gandhi Marg, IP Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110002

See on map