Acting upon specific intelligence provided by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Chennai Zonal Unit, 5 passengers who arrived in Chennai on June 6, 2024, from Dubai were intercepted by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit, according to an official release.
In an achievement in the fight against drug trafficking, Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), has successfully seized a major consignment of Yaba tablets valued at about Rs 15 crore, officials said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached various Delhi-based land and flats valued at Rs 11.20 crore belonging to entities owned by a carpet merchant Sajjan Kumar, the agency said on Monday.
In a crackdown on smuggling activities, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai Zonal Unit (MZU) seized a staggering 53.64 lakh foreign-branded cigarette sticks worth more than Rs 8 crores.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 1468 grams of cocaine worth around Rs 15 crore from a Cote D'ivore national, a West African country, after he arrived at Mumbai airport, as per the authorities.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) thwarted an attempt to traffic endangered wildlife species near Nashik, Maharashtra. The operation resulted in the seizure of 781 Bengal Monitor Lizard Hemipenes, locally known as "Hatha Jodis," and 19.6 kg of soft corals, both listed under Sched
The action was taken based on input received by DRI that a person flying to Indore from Sharjah, a city in UAE, would be carrying huge quantities of foreign-origin gold and would attempt to smuggle that into India.
According to an official release, specific intelligence was developed by the officers of DRI that foreign-origin gold is being smuggled into India from Srilanka through the Vedhalai coast in Ramnathapuram District by a gang using a fishing boat.
DRI in Mumbai foiled a drug smuggling attempt at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport by seizing 1.108 kg of cocaine and arresting a Sierra Leone national. The estimated value of seized cocaine is around Rs 11 crore.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has thwarted smuggling of gold in Odisha, recovering 65 pieces of smuggled gold bullion, weighing 9180 grams, valued at Rs. 6,44,46,164, said the agency.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted an international syndicate and seized 1979 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine worth Rs 19.79 crores from one female passenger of Sierra Leone who came from Nairobi to Mumbai on Sunday.