Mundra (Gujarat) [India], September 18 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized e-cigarettes estimated to be worth Rs 48 crores from Mundra Port on Friday as they were being smuggled by way of misdeclaration and concealment.

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 6 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Coimbatore intercepted seven passengers on Monday who brought gold in concealment from Sharjah, weighing 3.5 kgs and valued at Rs 1.83 crores. One person was arrested in connection with the matter.

New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): A total of 8 kg of narcotic substances worth Rs 80 crores was seized at the Hyderabad International Airport in coordination with Airport Customs, said the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Monday.

Anakapalle (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 1169.30 Kg of cannabis worth Rs 2.33 crore from an abundant truck in Anakapalle.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 5 (ANI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly trafficking cannabis worth Rs 3.15 crore near Indore.

Coimbatore Dec 30 PTI Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI seized 22 kg of gold worth Rs12 crore at the international airport here from four passengers who arrived from Sharjah in the early hours of Thursday Acting on a tip-off the officials kept a strict watch and took into custody four people who arrived by the Sharjah flight moving around in a suspicious manner in the airport police said On being questioned they revealed that powdered gold and ingots were kept in their rectum and the officials seized it along with gold bracelet and chains from their pockets all weighing 22 kg valued at Rs12 crore The four were identified as Sakubar Sadhiq Syes Mohammed Kaleel Rahman Mustaffa Nasaruddin Mohammed Thambi and Dastagir Khajamoideen and hailed from Ramanathapuram they said Further investigations are on with regard to the destination of smuggled items and the people behind it police added PTI NVM SS SS

Mumbai Dec 17 PTI The tenure of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede with the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB which was marked by controversy would end on December 31 official sources said on FridayWankhede a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service officer was on deputation to the NCB since September 2020 and is currently Mumbai zonal director of the anti-drugs agencyHe was earlier posted with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRIAs zonal director of NCB Wankhede was involved in action against the drug syndicates allegedly involving Bollywood celebrities in the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajputs death by suicideIn October this year a team led by Wankhede allegedly recovered drugs during a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan along with othersBut subsequently questions were raised about the credentials of independent witnesses used by the NCB during the raid and it was also alleged that there was an attempt to extort money from Shah Rukh Khan by NCB officialsMaharashtra minister Nawab Malik targeted Wankhede alleging that he was born a Muslim but got his job in the Scheduled Castes quota by obtaining a bogus caste certificateWankhede denied the allegation and his father filed a defamation suit against Malik an NCP leaderIt is not yet clear where he would be posted after his NCB deputation ends sources said PTI DC KRK KRK

New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is celebrating its 64th Founding Day on Saturday.

New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) held four foreign nationals and recovered around 86 kg gold worth Rs 42 crore from their possession.

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 4 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 3.98 kgs of smuggled gold from Bangladesh worth Rs 1.91 crores in Visakhapatnam.