Punjab: Over 47 kg hydroponic weed seized from 2 passengers at Amritsar airportIn a startling turn of events, Amritsar airport became the site of a significant drug interception as the Directorate of Revenue Intelligen...
10 Nov, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
Narcotic drug seizure declines 22 pc to 1,087 tonnes in 2024Narcotic drug seizures in India decreased by 22 per cent in 2024, with 1,087 tonnes of drugs and psychotropic substances worth Rs 16,966 cr...
09 Feb, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
DRI seizes contrabands worth Rs 3,500 cr in FY 24; narcotic drugs, gold major contributorsRevenue Intelligence officers seized contrabands worth Rs 3,500 crore in FY 2023-24, with narcotic drugs and gold seizures constituting a m...
20 Jun, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
CBIC mandates timebound digital records of arrestsThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), in a letter to all its zonal offices, has directed uploading of all details related...
11 Mar, 2023, 10.03 AM IST
DRI, Customs destroys 44,000 kilogram of narcotic substancesOf the 44 tons of narcotics substances, 2043 kilograms of drugs was destroyed at Mumbai waste management ltd, Taloja facility including 499...
08 Jun, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
DRI seizes 62 kgs heroin worth Rs 434 crore at IGI Airport air cargo complexThe offending cargo, originating from Entebbe in Uganda, had arrived at the Air Cargo Complex, Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, N...
11 May, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
Mundra port drugs seizure: NIA conducts searches in NCROfficials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had recently seized a huge haul of 2,998 kg of heroin, estimated to be valued ...
12 Oct, 2021, 09.35 PM IST
Probe if India emerging as a 'preferred destination' for narcotics trade and consumption: Home MinistryThe counter-terrorist task force said following an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it took over the case filed against Machavaram Su...
07 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
ED to take up money laundering probe in Mundra Port record heroin seizure caseThe Central agency would initiate its investigation into the case soon after filing a proper Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) und...
23 Sep, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
Seizure of Drugs at Airports: Officials worry tech platforms making sale of drugs easyThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested a woman foreign national at the Bengaluru international airport on ch...
01 Jul, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
Pandemic, Job losses & Stress: DRI teams making record seizures of narcotics at seaports, airportsThe very next day the DRI teams at the Mumbai international airport found 2.3 kg of cocaine which two foreign nationals had concealed in th...
11 May, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
DRI seizes 25 kg heroin at Bengaluru, Chennai airports, four foreign nationals heldFriday's operation conducted by the air intelligence unit (AIU) along with the DRI led to the seizure of 15 kg of heroin at Chennai airport.
07 May, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
How India witnesses a massive spike in narcotic business after Covid lockdown restrictions easePolice and narcotics control officers see this as a sign of desperation on the part of peddlers who have been sitting on piles of drugs sin...
09 Aug, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
Banned drugs worth Rs 3,000 crore seizedThis is the biggest drug seizure done by the DRI, the intelligence arm of the CBEC. They have arrested the mastermind and efforts are under...
03 Nov, 2016, 01.33 AM IST
Delhi Police so far unsuccessful in tracking party drug 'Meow Meow'Police has failed to seize a single consignment of popular party drug 'Meow Meow', despite its "rampant use" in the national capital.
23 Aug, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
87kg gold seizure in West Bengal's Siliguri is country’s biggestIn the largest ever gold seizure by law enforcement agencies in the country, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have seize...
29 Mar, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
Gold haul up 5-fold to Rs 565 crore in 2013-14Sources said the value of gold actually smuggled could be over 10-20 times this amount. Some estimates put seizures at 1-2% of actual smugg...
28 Apr, 2014, 08.49 AM IST