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Resuscitation of stillborn show cause notice: DRI officers are proper officers of customs

Custom Duty : The Supreme Court rules DRI officers as proper officers for customs under Section 28, overturning past judgments and reshaping tax...

February 13, 2025 792 Views 0 comment Print

125 FAQ’s on Statutory Powers of India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

Finance : Explore 125 FAQs covering the statutory powers of Indias Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Learn about DRIs establishment...

April 27, 2023 5349 Views 0 comment Print

DRI’s Existential Crisis: Governmental Blunder or Judicial Overlook?

Custom Duty : The elite investigation wing of the Central Revenue Department – DRI had been facing an existential crisis since the landmark Ca...

August 9, 2022 5733 Views 0 comment Print


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Major Gold Smuggling Syndicate Busted in Mumbai

Custom Duty :  The DRI seized 11.88 kg of gold and arrested 11 people in a coordinated crackdown on a sophisticated gold-smuggling and melting ...

November 13, 2025 612 Views 0 comment Print

Smuggled High-End Watches Worth Rs. 30 Crores Seized by DRI

Custom Duty : Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seizes over 30 crore worth of smuggled high-end premium watches of foreign origin. Smugg...

July 24, 2023 1155 Views 0 comment Print

Customs field formations and DRI keep constant vigil to deter smuggling of gold and drugs

Custom Duty : The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) celebrated its 65th Founding Day on 5th December 2022 in an Inaugural Function hel...

February 15, 2023 1857 Views 0 comment Print

Drugs seized in 8 cases from Gujarat Ports in 2021 & 2022 by DRI

Custom Duty : GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3459 ANSWERED ON-MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2...

August 10, 2022 1092 Views 0 comment Print

DRI busts factory manufacturing illicit psychotropic substances

Custom Duty : DRI busts factory manufacturing illicit psychotropic substances; seizes drugs worth Rs 245 crore Continuing its crackdown on drug ...

August 4, 2022 411 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


HC stays Proceedings based on Notice issued by DRI

Custom Duty : Vijay Baid @ Vicky Vs Union of India (Chhattisgarh High Court) Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that pursuant to ar...

May 22, 2022 999 Views 0 comment Print


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Seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having face value of Rs.1.54 Crores by DRI

Corporate Law : In yet another major success in its fight against the problem of smuggling and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes into Indi...

June 8, 2011 1005 Views 0 comment Print

Seizure of 115 packets of cannabis weighing 2344.40 Kg. valued at Rs. 70.33 lakh – by DRI, Guwahati Regional Unit

Custom Duty : Acting on a specific intelligence, officers of DRI, Guwahati Regional Unit under Kolkata Zonal Unit with the assistance of city po...

May 25, 2011 1493 Views 0 comment Print

Seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having total face value of Rs.12,90,500/- by DRI Siliguri Regional Unit

Custom Duty : Acting on a specific intelligence, the officers of DRI Siliguri, Siliguri Regional Unit under Kolkata Zonal Unit effected a seizur...

May 25, 2011 843 Views 0 comment Print

SEBI – Discussion Paper on outsourcing of activities related to Intermediation Services

SEBI : PRESS RELEASE NO. 17/2011, DATED 19-1-2011 SEBI has prepared a discussion paper on outsourcing of activities related to the interm...

January 21, 2011 828 Views 0 comment Print


DRI busts Foreign Currency Smuggling Racket

December 8, 2021 1020 Views 0 comment Print

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized Foreign Currency of INR Value Rs. 1.42 Crores at CSI Airport, Mumbai. The DRI has arrested a pax attempting to smuggle foreign currency out of India. Based on pin pointed Intelligence, officers of DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit intercepted a pax Sh. Karan Singh who had arrived at […]

DRI busts iPhone smuggling Racket

November 30, 2021 1425 Views 0 comment Print

iPhone 13 models went for sale in India from September 2021 onwards, with a base price of Rs. 70,000/-, and some of the higher-end models costing up to Rs. 1,80,000/-. Import of mobile phones into India attracts effective Customs Duty of around 44%.

DRI seizes more than 300 kg of cocaine valued at approx. Rs. 2000 crore

April 22, 2021 690 Views 0 comment Print

Based on specific intelligence that cocaine will be concealed in a consignment imported in container reaching V O C Port, Tuticorin, the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have intercepted the container declared to be containing wooden logs. The suspected container has originated from Panama, transited through the ports of Antwerp and Colombo.

DRI busts Diesel Smuggling racket

April 21, 2018 1326 Views 0 comment Print

DRI busts Diesel Smuggling racket; 14 containers of diesel seized and 4 persons, including the Mastermind and one Hawala Operator, arrested under the Customs Act 1962.

DRI Strikes Against Black Money – Recovers about Rs. 50 Crores of Demonetized Currency

December 11, 2017 1716 Views 0 comment Print

Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), a pioneer Intelligence Agency of the Government of India, zeroed in on an office premises at Bharuch in Gujarat State and recovered about Rs. 48.91 crores of demonetised currency in Rs. 500 and Rs.1,000 denomination currency notes. Acting on the specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, Surat,  […]

FM Ask DRI officers to keep pace with technology

December 6, 2017 789 Views 0 comment Print

FM: Ask the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to keep pace with technology and use the latest technological tools such as data analytics in fighting the menace of smuggling of sensitive contraband items such as gold and narcotics among others.

DRI seized 41 kgs gold smuggled into India from Bangladesh

April 6, 2017 585 Views 0 comment Print

One person possessing 14 kgs smuggled gold valued at Rs. 4.1 Crore has been intercepted and arrested on 02/03 April by DRI at Nager Bazaar near Dumdum Railway Station in Kolkata.

DRI busts Hawala racket, seizes foreign currencies of Rs. One Crore

January 6, 2017 1432 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Zonal Unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busts Hawala racket, seizes foreign currencies worth Rs. One Crore at IGI Airport.

DRI seizes 85.58 lakhs Cigarette sticks declared as packing material

December 20, 2016 2752 Views 0 comment Print

DRI seizes 85.58 lakhs Cigarette sticks of foreign origin (Indonesian) with a market value of about Rs. 10 crore at ICD Tughlaqabad

DRI seizes Mandrax Tablets estimated to be of over Rs. 3000 crore

November 2, 2016 1699 Views 0 comment Print

The total number of Mandrax Tablets estimated to be about 2 crore in numbers with a weight of about 23.5 metric tonnes. International market value of seized tablets is estimated to be over Rs. 3000 crores.

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