DRI Seizures
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22.10.2021- DRI seized 4 Kg of Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.97 Crore at Chennai Air Cargo.
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16.10.2021- DRI seized 2.799 Kg of Gold of Foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.36 Crore at Bongaon in West Bengal.
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16.10.2021- DRI seized 4.46 Lakh Cigarettes sticks of foreign origin at Ahmadpur toll Lucknow
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14.10.2021- DRI seized 2.4 Kg of Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.20 Crore at Ahmedabad International Airport.
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14.10.2021- DRI seized 3.71 lakh Cigarettes sticks of foreign origin valued at Rs 89.43 Lakhs.
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13.10.2021- DRI seized 4 Kg Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.93 Crore at Anna International Airport Chennai
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13.10.2021- DRI seized 6.37 Lakh Cigarettes sticks of foreign origin valued at Rs. 83.46 Lakhs in Raipur.
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12.10.2021- DRI seized 45.655 MTs of Green pea of Canadian Origin valued at Rs. 1.31 Crore.
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10.10.2021- DRI seized 10.79 Kg of Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 5.17 Crore and Indian currency notes valued at Rs. 3.89 Crore at Jewer Toll Plaza Uttar Pradesh.
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10.10.2021- DRI seized 306.860 Kg of Ganja at Siliguri Guwahati
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09.10.2021- DRI seized 44.02 Lakh Cigarettes of foreign origin valued at Rs. 52.27 Lakhs and 0.348 Kg of Gold of foreign origin at Bangalore Airport.
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06.10.2021- DRI seized 260 Kg of Silver Granules of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.70 Crore.
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05.10.2021- DRI seized 410 Kg of Ganja at Simna village Agartala.
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01.10.2021 – DRI seized assorted Foreign Currencies having value equivalent to Rs. 87.28 Lakh in Bengaluru.
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30.09.2021 – DRI seized 10.07 Lakh Cigarettes sticks of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.13 Crore at at Nutan Ramnagar in Cachar Distt.- Assam.
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29.09.2021 – DRI seized 3.93 Kg of Gold of foreign origin valued t Rs. 1.85 Crore in Trichy International Airport.
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28.09.2021 – DRI seized 3.70 Kg of Heroin valued at Rs. 25.9 Crore at Bengaluru Airport.
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27.09.2021- DRI seized 972 Kg. of Cannabis in Lucknow.
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26.09.2021- DRI seized Foreign Currencies totally valued equivalent Rs. 25.03 Lakh at Lucknow Airport.
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24.09.2021- DRI seized 6.712 Kg Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 3.15 Crores.
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24.09.2021- DRI seized 12.09 lakh Cigarettes sticks of foreign origin valued at Rs. 1.33 Crore at Seling Phaibawk Mizoram
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23.09.2021- DRI seized 5.6 kg. of Pseudoephedrine at courier office Srirangam Trichy Tamilnadu
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23.09.2021- DRI seized 8.814 Kg. Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 4.47 Crore at Chennai Airport.
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22.09.2021- DRI seized 9.8 Kg. Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 4.69 Crore in Dimapur.
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22.09.2021- DRI seized 1.181 MTs of Ganja valued at Rs. 2.36 Crore in Guwahati.
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19.09.2021- DRI seized 382.50 Kg. of Ganja at Murli Toll Plaza Bachhawara Bihar.
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16.09.2021- DRI seized 79 lakhs Cigarette stick of foreign origin valued at Rs. 11.85 Crore at ICD Patparganj Delhi.
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13.09.2021- DRI seized 19.2 Kg. of Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 8.99 Crore at New Courier Terminal New Delhi.
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11.09.2021- DRI seized 786 Kg. of Ganja valued at Rs. 1.57 Crore in Dhar M.P.
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05.09.2021- DRI seized 1.49 Kg. of Heroin valued at Rs. 10.2 Crore at IGI Airport New Delhi.
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21.07.2023- Communique – Working of DRI Hqrs from D Block Drum Shape Building Indraprastha Bhavan I.P. Estate New Delhi-110002
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On 15.07.2021 DRI seized 1878 Kgs of Ganja concealed below the cover cargo of Jack fruit and pineapple was recovered from 40 HDPE bags
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Seizure of 18.182 Kgs. of Gold of foreign origin valued at Rs. 8.82 Crore and 4 971.416 Kgs. of Silver valued at Rs. 33.55 Crore by DRI Raipur Regional Unit.
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On 21st January 2021 DRI DZU intercepted five persons at Jewar Toll Plaza who were en-route to Delhi by bus from Guwahati via Siliguri and Kishanganj and seized 225 foreign origin smuggled gold bars collectively weighing 37.35 kg and valued at Rs. 18.51 crore from their possession.
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DRI Ahmedabad busts racket of evasions of Customs duty on imports of goods valued approx. Rs.1300 Crores by firms located at Nashik and Pune
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DRI busts massive evasion of customs duty by importers of crystallized glass panels; detains glass panels worth more than Rs. 7 Crores;recovers more than Rs. 9.5 Crores; four persons arrested.
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DRI Ahmedabad busts large scale Advance Authorisation Scheme fraud involving goods of over Rs. 173 Crores
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DRI UNEARTHS UNDUE AVAILMENT OF BENEFIT OF MEIS SCHEME BY A WELL KNOWN INDIAN CORPORATE COMPANY; RECOVERS 5.12 CRORES
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Seizure of LED Television Sets imported by mis-declaring as parts and by undervaluing price.
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DRI seizes 100 kg smuggled gold within 48 hours.
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DRI busts another syndicate involved in racket of illegal import/smuggling of Kerosene – makes massive seizure of 139 containers of smuggled item at Kandla.
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DRI busts illicit manufacturing of Party Drug - Meow Meow Mephedrone by a Chemical Firm in Ankleshwar
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DRI detects case of Elephant poaching and seizes six pieces of ivory collectively weighing 9.908 kgs
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DRI seizes 17.83 kgs of gold smuggled valued about Rs. 5.5 Crore smuggled from Sri Lanka through coastal Tamil Nadu being transported to Chennai by bus.
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Seizure of Foreign Origin Gold Bars From Pax Flying Air Arabia From Sharjah From a Mild Steel Roller 3.6 Kg
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On 28.06.2018 - DRI seizes 4.7kgs of Methaqualone worth Rs.2.35 Croresconcealed in carton box at NSCBI Airport Kolkata
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On 27.06.2018 - DRI recovers smuggled exotic birds.
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DRI seizes 20.5 Metric Tonnes of Red Sandersat Mundra port
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On 20.06.2018 - DRI thwarts attempt to smuggle Red Sanders logs worth Rs. 5.28 Crore from Chennai Sea Port destined to China.
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On 11.06.2018 – DRI seized 309 Kg of Ketamine 250 Kg of Ketamine contained in raw material 8 Kg of Hashish and 140 Grams of Cocaine totally valued at Rs. 56 Crore at 11 locations in 5 states.
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On 01.06.2018 DRI seizes 32 Kg. Of Gold worth Rs. 10.32 Crore in one of the biggest seizures of Smuggled Gold in Recent past in East and Northeast India
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On 31.05.2018 DRI seized two Hollock Gibbons two Palm Civets and 42 Exotic Birds at Bhojerhat West Bengal.
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On 29.05.2018 DRI seized 6.7 crore Tramadol Tablet / Capsules 2129 Kg of loose Tramadol Tablets / Capsules and 870 Kg of Tramadol Hydrochloride Powder totally have value at Rs. 55.00 crore at Valsad Gujarat
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On 27.05.2018 DRI seized two AK47 rifles from a residential premises at Chawnpui Aizwal Mizoram
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DRI seized 5.838 kg of elephant tusks near Guwahati Railway Station
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On 05.05.2018 DRI busted drug racket operating through Foreign Post Office New Delhi.
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On 01.05.2018 & 02.05.2018 DRI seized 32.249 kg of gold smuggled from Sri Lanka through coastal Tamilnadu and being brought to Chennai.
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On 04.04.2018 DRI cracks down on diversion in exports of Gold Jewellery - 54kg Gold jewellery valued at Rs. 16 Crore seized in Kolkata
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On 04.03.2018 DRI seizes 7.1 Metric Tonnes of Grade A Red Sanders valued at Rs 2.85 Crores – four persons arrested
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On 21.02.2018 DRI seizes 23.1 kg of gold smuggled into India from Sri Lanka seized at Egmore Railway Station on Thursday – four persons arrested
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28th India- Sri Lanka Director-General Level Talks 2018 on Anti-Smuggling and Related Matters -press release
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DRI celebrates 60th Founding Day - Press Release
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19.11.2024- DRI intercepted a passenger at Trichy Airport seizing foreign and Indian currencies valued at Rs. 2.3 crore concealed in savory snack packets.
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17.07.2023- Communique – Working of DRI Hqrs. From B3 and B4 6th Floor Pt. Deendayal Antyodya Bhawa CGO Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi-110003 w.e.f. 17.07.2023.
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20.11.2022- DRI seizes 4.387 kg of foreign-origin gold from two passengers who had landed at Anna International Airport Chennai.