29.10.2025 - DRI seizes 4 273 old and used barebones and 986 old and used laptops mis declared as electronic accessories in a consignment at ICD Dadri Uttar Pradesh.

28.10.2025 - DRI seizes 1.083 kg foreign-origin gold in paste form concealed in a car at Akhepura toll plaza Rajasthan; one person arrested.

28.10.2025 - DRI seizes 29 340 pieces of Chinese-origin firecrackers concealed in a container declared as glass bottles at Nhava Sheva Port.

28.10.2025 - DRI seizes 46 176 pieces of Chinese-origin firecrackers mis declared as PU composite panels in a container at Chennai Port.

25.10.2025 - DRI seizes 4.15 kg Hydroponic weed from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad; one person arrested.

25.10.2025 - DRI seizes 101.80 MTs of foreign-origin areca nuts and 5 98 000 sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes from three godowns at Ruantlang Village Champhai District Mizoram.

24.10.2025 - DRI seizes 11.270 kg Charas from a Nepalese national near Ekdari Mangalpur West Champaran Bihar; one person arrested.

24.10.2025 - DRI detects evasion of anti-dumping duty on import of alloy steel chisels and parts of hydraulic rock breakers at ICD Sanathnagar Hyderabad; 1 091 pieces seized.

24.10.2025 - DRI seizes 974 grams of Cocaine ingeniously concealed inside dates from a passenger arriving from Sierra Leone at Bengaluru Airport; one person arrested.

23.10.2025 - DRI dismantles major narcotics manufacturing and distribution network across NCR; seizes 7.9 kg Cocaine 1.8 kg Heroin 16.27 kg Amphetamine 2.13 kg Ganja and 115.42 kg precursor chemicals; 26 foreign nationals arrested.

23.10.2025 - DRI seizes 13.720 kg Charas concealed near Sainik Road Jokiyari Chowk Raxaul Bihar; consignment smuggled from Nepal.

16.10.2025 - DRI seizes 1.798 kg foreign-origin gold concealed in baggage of a passenger arriving from Kuwait via Sharjah at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad; one person arrested.

15.10.2025 - DRI seizes 112.80 grams Heroin from two passengers at Patna Sahib Railway Station; two persons arrested.

15.10.2025 - DRI seizes 430.440 grams of foreign-origin assorted gold jewellery from a passenger arriving from Dubai to Amritsar.

15.10.2025 - DRI seizes 396.440 grams of foreign-origin assorted gold jewellery from a passenger arriving from Dubai to Amritsar.

13.10.2025 - DRI seizes 46 656 cut and polished diamonds weighing 979 carat from a passenger at Kochi Airport; one person arrested.

12.10.2025 - DRI seizes 3.941 kg gold bars at Mumbai Airport; four persons arrested.

12.10.2025 - DRI seizes 225.81 kg Cannabis from a vehicle on Orissa-Chhattisgarh highway; one person arrested.

12.10.2025 - DRI seizes 187 kg Cannabis from two vehicles at Shambhu Border Toll Patiala; five persons arrested.

12.10.2025 - DRI seizes 187 kg Cannabis from two vehicles at Shambhu Border Toll Patiala; five persons arrested.

12.10.2025 - DRI seizes 2 332.66 grams foreign-origin gold at India-Bangladesh border Maluapara; one person arrested.

11.10.2025 - DRI seizes 10.488 kg gold in wax form at Mumbai Airport; 13 persons arrested.

08.10.2025 - DRI seizes 10 000 pieces of Chinese-origin firecrackers at Chennai Port.

08.10.2025 - DRI seizes 54 284 pieces e-Cigarettes from a warehouse in Delhi; one person arrested.

08.10.2025 - DRI seizes 13 080 kg foreign-origin areca nuts from two trucks near Aizawl; two persons arrested.

08.10.2025 - DRI seizes 12 32 000 sticks foreign-origin cigarettes from two trucks in Uttar Pradesh; two persons arrested.

07.10.2025 - DRI seizes foreign currency worth Rs. 55.85 lakh from a passenger at Bengaluru International Airport; one person 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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