Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a major diamond smuggling racket at Surat International Airport and arrested two youths who were attempting to fly to Bangkok with a large quantity of valuables. Polished diamonds worth nearly ₹6 crore and foreign currency amounting to USD 30,000 were recovered from their possession. Acting on a specific tip-off, DRI officers kept surveillance at the airport and intercepted the two suspects before departure. A search of their bag...Read More

Ahmedabad: A gold smuggling racket operating through IndiGo flights at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport has been uncovered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), exposing the involvement of airline security officials and a city café owner. Investigators estimate that gold worth nearly ₹16 crore was smuggled over a two-month period. According to the DRI, the network used a Botim app group named “Restro” to coordinate smuggling operations. The group...Read More

Ahmedabad: Investigating a gold smuggling case, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a major smuggling syndicate. This comes after the DRI seized 1,246.48 grams of 24K gold, valued at ₹1.62 crore, from a passenger who arrived at SVP Airport in the city on a flight from Jeddah on 14 November 2025. The gold, packed in four capsules wrapped in white tape, was ingeniously concealed inside the life jacket pouch beneath a passenger seat. During the subsequent investigation, a pe...Read More

Kutch: Under Operation “Fire Trail”, launched to counter the illicit import of firecrackers, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted another smuggling attempt involving the illegal import of Chinese-origin fireworks into India. According to an official statement, DRI officers intercepted a 40-foot container at Mundra Port. The consignment, originating from China, had been falsely declared as carrying “water glass sets” and “flower receptacles.” A detailed examinatio...Read More

Bhuj: In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Union government imposed a complete ban on all direct and indirect trade with Pakistan. Despite this, certain elements attempted to circumvent the restrictions by misdeclaring the origin of cargo. In response, the Ministry of Finance launched “Operation Deep Manifest”, targeting illicit imports routed through third countries. Under this operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recently seized 47 containers of rock salt (...Read More

Kutch: In a major crackdown on smuggling of Chinese firecrackers and fireworks into India, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in an operation codenamed “Operation Fire Trail”, successfully traced, intercepted, and seized huge quantities of Chinese firecrackers/fireworks, valued at approximately Rs. 35 crore, found concealed in seven containers destined for or lying at Nhava Sheva Port, Mundra Port, and Kandla SEZ. These Chinese fireworks, weighing 100 metric tonne were illicit...Read More

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested Gujarat-based trader Sneh Dipakbhai Kakadiya for allegedly orchestrating a ₹44 crore customs duty evasion scheme involving under-invoiced imports of in-shell walnuts from Chile. Kakadiya, along with his father Dipak Kakadiya, is accused of misusing firms such as M/s Angel Enterprise and M/s Dipak Trading Co. to import large quantities of Chilean walnuts by significantly undervaluing their declared prices. The alleged fraud was...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Zonal Unit (AZU) of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday announced that it has uncovered customs duty evasion exceeding ₹25 crore, involving the undervaluation of imported luxury cars. A key accused in the case was arrested in Hyderabad and remanded to judicial custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. As per the Ministry of Finance, "Specific intelligence developed by DRI indicated that High-end Luxury Cars were bei...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a joint operation, Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized 37 kg of hydroponic weed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Tuesday. The weed (cannabis), worth around ₹37 crore, was seized from four passengers arriving from Bangkok. Acting on a tip-off, the authorities intercepted four Indian passengers — two men and two women. Upon inspecting their six trolley bags, multiple packets of a green substance were found hidden in branded ...Read More