Tax arbitrage makes smuggling of cigarettes into India favorable: DRI Report

Dec 05, 2022

In order to evade the high rate of tax and cess levied on cigarettes and tobacco products as also to avoid printing of the...

Cocaine seizure in India increased 3,479 pc in 2021-22: DRI report

Dec 05, 2022

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said cocaine has started coming into India and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence needs to figure out...

Odisha: One nabbed, 2.46 kg gold seized from Bhubaneshwar house

Sep 07, 2023

Based on inputs, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) team raided the house, DRI said in a statement on Thursday.

Smugglers adapt to changing dynamics of pandemic, start novel way of ops: DRI report

Dec 05, 2022

In the report, a chapter -- Smuggling: Emerging trends during the pandemic -- provides a bird's eye view of the overall trends which have...

Maharashtra: 10 kg gold worth Rs 6.2 crores seized, four arrested in Mumbai

Jun 04, 2023

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai has arrested four passengers in two separate cases and seized more than 10 kg of gold, said...

DRI rescues 679 live baby turtles in two operations in Uttar Pradesh

Feb 07, 2024

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has rescued a total of 679 live baby turtles in two operations over 18 hours in Uttar Pradesh,...