In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling syndicate of Sudanese nationals operating through the Nepal border, said a press release by the Ministry of Finance.
According to the press note released by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the seized gold was mostly in paste form and it was being brought to Patna through the India-Nepal border and then transported via train or by air to different parts of the country, largely to Mumbai.
A syndicate based in Bangladesh, Tripura, Assam and West Bengal in India was smuggling huge quantities of gold from the neighbouring country to India through Indo-Bangla border in the state of Tripura, an official release said on Monday.
In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard alongwith the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai, seized a gold consignment of 17.74 Kg worth approximately Rs 10.5 crore from Mandapam Seashore in Tamil Nadu while the consignment was being smuggled from Sri Lanka by Sea route.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 18 "non-indigenous" animals in the checked-in baggage of three passengers arriving from Bangkok.
In a joint operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Karnataka Forest Department have recovered 139 animals belonging to 48 different species, including 34 that were listed species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (C
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI/Mediawire): Raising import duty on gold serves as an incentive for smugglers. Lowering the duty gradually could help grow the organised trade.
During the last one month, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai intercepted several consignments of insecticides being smuggled into India with the active connivance of the Chinese suppliers of these items, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on Tuesday.
Foiling smuggling bid, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Tuesday arrested two passengers from Dubai at the Mumbai airport and recovered gold worth Rs 4.54 crore.
DRI Raipur unit had received a tip off that a huge quantity of foreign cigarettes was being transported in a truck. Acting on the information, surveillance was increased for the suspected truck. The officials stopped the truck near Raipur and searched it.