27.02.2023- DRI seizes 2.580 kg Coacaine concealed in rectangular boxes from a passenger at Mumbai International Airport.

26.02.2023- DRI seizes 16.094 kg of foreign-origin gold from three persons at Kolkata Railway Station.

24.02.2023- DRI seizes 4.536 kg of foreign-origin from three foreign nationals at Patliputra Railway Station.

23.02.2023- DRI seizes 1300000 cigarettes sticks of foreign origin from a truck intercepted at Tuirial Near Aizawl Municipal dumping ground.

20.02.2023- DRI seizes 58.957 kg of foreign-origin gold and from two Sudanese Nationals at Mumbai Railway Station.

19.02.2023- DRI seizes 37.12 kg of gold intercepted from three foreign nationals at Patna Railway station.

18.02.2023- DRI seizes 3.651 kg of foreign-origin gold from two persons intercepted at Guwahati Railway Station.

16.02.2023- DRI seizes 3.496 kg of gold from two persons intercepted in a bus near Maithi Toll Plaza District-Muzaffarpur

14.02.2023- DRI seizes 11.940 kg heroin from a lady passenger who had landed at Mumbai International Airport.

11.02.2023- DRI seizes 5.752 kg of foreign-origin gold from a vehicle and from three persons near Jiranja Tripura.

11.02.2023- DRI seizes 18.657 kg of foreign-origin gold from four persons at Dalkhola Railway station.

11.02.2023- DRI seizes 3.286 kg of gold in paste form from a passenger who had landed at Cochin International Airport.

11.02.2023- DRI seizes 10.080 MTs red sanders logs which were declared as Polished Granite Slabs from a container at Chennai port.

09.02.2023- DRI seizes 17.74 kg of foreign-origin gold from three persons in a boat intercepted near Mandapam coast.

08.02.2023- DRI seizes 4.665 kg of foreign-origin gold found in pocket of a person intercepted near Calcutta Medical College in Central Kolkata.

08.02.2023- DRI seizes 10150 foreign origin e-cigarettes 9.850 MTs poppy seeds and 33480 soft toys of Chinese origin at Alipur New Delhi.

06.02.2023- DRI seizes 4.66 kg of foreign-origin gold from two persons at North 24 Parganas West Bengal.

06.02.2023- DRI seizes 6.99 kg of foreign-origin gold from a person intercepted at Kazipara rail gate Barasat Taki Road Kolkata.

06.02.2023- DRI seizes 7.20 kg of gold from a house which is being used for melting and extracting smuggled gold by a smuggling gang at Koduvally Kozhikode Kerala.

06.02.2023- DRI seizes 5.008 kg heroin from a person who had landed at IGI Airport New Delhi.

06.02.2023- DRI seizes 660000 sticks of foreign origin cigarettes from a residential premise at Zuangtui road Aizawl.

03.02.2023- DRI seizes 2.569 kg foreign-origin gold from two passengers who had landed at RGI Airport Hyderabad.

03.02.2023- DRI seizes 3.73 kg of foreign-origin gold from three passengers who had landed at Coimbatore International Airport.

03.02.2023- DRI seizes 263.140 kg of ganja from a vehicle intercepted near Heritage Family Mall NH-22 Hajipur.

01.02.2023- DRI seizes 3.360 kg Cocaine from a passenger who had landed at Mumbai Airport.

29.01.2023- DRI seizes 31.5 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes from a container at Kattupally port.

28.01.2023- DRI seizes 13.4 kg of foreign-origin from three Nepalese national onboard a bus that was intercepted at Jewar Toll Plaza.

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DRI Events

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates DRI’s 65th Founding Day Celebrations on 5th December 2022

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates DRI’s 64th Founding Day Celebrations on 4th December 2021

20th India Nepal DG level talks on extending cooperation to each other in the areas of customs wildlife and other cross border issues held on 19th April 2021.

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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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