Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI): News
07 Nov 2024
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC upholds DRI's power, ₹20,000cr tax recovery back on track
The Supreme Court of India has reversed its 2021 ruling, restoring Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers' authority to issue recovery notices under the Customs Act, 1962.
17 Nov 2023
Gautam AdaniGovernment seeks to restart probe into Adani's coal imports case
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has asked the Supreme Court to restart an investigation into the Adani Group for alleged overvaluation of coal imports.
07 Oct 2022
Narcotics Control BureauDrugs worth Rs. 120 crore seized, ex-Air India pilot arrested
In a major drug bust, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai seized nearly 60 kilograms of mephedrone amounting to Rs. 120 crores from Maharashtra and Gujarat on Friday.
14 Jul 2022
OPPOOPPO India evaded Rs. 4,389 crore customs duty, says government
The stage is set for another battle between a Chinese smartphone maker and an Indian government agency. This time it's OPPO India and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) who have locked horns.
30 Nov 2021
AppleDRI seizes iPhone 13 units worth Rs. 42.86 crore
Following an investigation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized over 3,646 units of the iPhone 13 series at the Mumbai Airport.
12 Oct 2021
National Investigation Agency (NIA)NIA raids 5 NCR sites after Rs. 21,000cr drug bust
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) reportedly conducted raids at five locations in the National Capital Region on Tuesday in connection with the Mundra port drug bust.
21 Nov 2019
India#TrueStory: Bundles of cash showered from Kolkata building
In a bizarre incident, countless pedestrians and bystanders were seen trying to grab as much scattered cash as possible, after bundles of rupee notes, worth around Rs. 5 lakh, were thrown out of a building on the busy Bentinck Street in Kolkata.
30 Mar 2019
MumbaiMumbai: Gold-smuggling racket busted, over 106 kg gold seized
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has claimed to have busted a massive gold smuggling racket with the seizure of 106.9 kg of gold and arrest of seven persons in Mumbai.
13 Jul 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Rs. 2,000cr money-laundering racket busted at Bharat Diamond Bourse
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a Rs. 2,000 crore money laundering racket at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai and arrested four people.
08 Jul 2018
IndiaDRI seizes 10kgs gold worth Rs. 3.18cr smuggled from Bhutan
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 10kgs of gold, which was smuggled into India from Bhutan, in West Bengal's Siliguri.
01 Apr 2018
West BengalDRI seizes Rs. 1.68cr-worth gold smuggled into India from Myanmar
DRI officials in Kolkata have seized 34 gold bars of foreign origin cumulatively weighing 5.6 kg and valued at Rs. 1.68cr, which was smuggled into India from Myanmar.
24 Feb 2018
IndiaNirav Modi fraud: Modi and Choski's passports revoked
The passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choski - accused of over Rs. 11,400 crore worth of fraud - have been revoked, according to sources from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
26 Jul 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Online fraud racket busted, four people held
Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) cyber-crime investigators arrested four persons hailing from Jharkhand and busted their phishing racket in Bengaluru.
01 May 2017
MeerutForest dept searches for national level shooter over illegal-wildlife recovery
The Forest Department is on the lookout for Prashant Vishnoi, a national level shooter, after they recovered illegal wildlife trophies from his father's house in Meerut.
29 Aug 2016
Goa2.5 kg gold seized from Air India flight
On August 29, 2016, an Air India flight arrived at Goa from Dubai.
