Mumbai airport: 30 kg gold worth Rs 38 crore caught by customs from 24 women. Here's how they concealed gold bars and jewelleryThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 29.37 kg of gold worth Rs 37.74 crore and arrested 24 carriers at Mumbai Airport. This...
10 Apr, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
Kempegowda gold bust: DRI seizes Rs 5 crore of gold after uncovering a international smuggling ring at Bengaluru airportThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has busted an international gold smuggling network at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport,...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
Crypto, stablecoins being used to fund drug, gold smuggling racket: DRI reportSmugglers are increasingly using cryptocurrencies for illegal payments and to move crime proceeds. Stablecoins like USDT are now replacing ...
05 Dec, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
Ranya Rao Case: Karnataka govt reinstates DGP K Ramachandra Rao amid gold smuggling probe involving his daughterRanya Rao Gold Smuggling Case: The Karnataka government reinstated DGP K Ramachandra Rao. He was on leave after his daughter, Ranya Rao, fa...
12 Aug, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
Actress Ranya booked under COFEPOSA Act in gold smuggling caseKannada actress Ranya Rao faces stringent COFEPOSA Act charges for her alleged involvement in a gold smuggling case. Authorities invoked th...
26 Apr, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
Gold Smuggling Case: How Ranya Rao was guided by a jeweller to dispose off 49.6 kg of gold worth Rs 40 croreKannada actress Ranya Rao, with jeweller Sahil Jain's help, smuggled and disposed of 49.6 kg of gold worth Rs 40.14 crore. Jain, who facili...
04 Apr, 2025, 02.06 PM IST
Gold Smuggling case: Govt sends DGP Rao on compulsory leave days after ordering probeSenior IPS officer DGP K Ramachandra Rao has been placed on compulsory leave due to his alleged involvement in arranging protocol for his d...
15 Mar, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
"Point to possible nexus of coordinated smuggling syndicate": DRI seeks CBI help to probe Ranya Rao gold smuggling caseAbhishek Chandra Gupta, Additional Director of DRI, in his complaint has said that these cases involving passengers making trips from Dubai...
13 Mar, 2025, 02.06 PM IST
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: CM Siddaramaiah orders probe into DGP's role in extending protocol to accused daughterChief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered a high-level investigation into DGP Ramachandra Rao's involvement in the gold smuggling case tied t...
11 Mar, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
Karnataka govt has no information on gold smuggling case involving actress Ranya Rao: Home MinisterKarnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stated that the state government lacks information on the gold smuggling case involving actress Rany...
10 Mar, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: Who is helping her? Syndicate, cops, or someone more powerful? Police, DRI dig deeper for answersSandalwood actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru airport for allegedly smuggling 14.8kg of gold. Authorities, citing national securit...
07 Mar, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC ChiefGold smuggling in India has significantly decreased since July 2024 due to a reduction in import duty from 15% to 6%. Customs and DRI offic...
09 Feb, 2025, 11.36 AM IST
Northeast’s arms smuggling routes now turn goldenArms smuggling took a hit with the decline in insurgency after 2013-14, the DRI report said. “But as the routes and the network of carriers...
06 Dec, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
Four-time jump in gold smuggling; Rs 245 crore gold seized in 2013-14As many as 40 cases of gold smuggling were registered in 2012-13. The value of gold seized in these cases was about Rs 44.80 crore, accordi...
11 May, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
Increase in Pakistan-printed fake currency notes smuggling to IndiaDRI has found that neighbouring Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh among others have fast emerged as new routes for smugglers to push Pakistan...
09 Mar, 2014, 09.22 AM IST
DRI asks Air India to check gold smuggling by its staffWorried over instances of gold smuggling by some AI staffers, the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence has asked them to take necess...
26 Dec, 2013, 03.12 PM IST
- Bullion traders under DRI lens to check gold smuggling
the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has put bullion traders across the country under its scanner and alerted its field formations to sc...
14 Oct, 2012, 12.26 PM IST