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Two men from Kerala arrested with 3 kg gold in north Bengal
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | By Pramod Giri
PUBLISHED ON NOV 18, 2020 10:33 PM IST
The seizure comes a week after 130 gold bars weighing 21.57 kg were seized from three men near the Bengal-Bihar border.
Money thrown out of sixth floor office in Kolkata during DRI raid
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2019 09:57 AM IST
Eyewitnesses said the incident took place when a team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers were conducting raids.
GST credit: Man held for issuing ₹49 cr bogus invoices in Ludhiana
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 19, 2019 12:04 AM IST
An official, requesting anonymity, said the accused was arrested on the orders of DGGI additional director general Gurusharan Singh, following the pan India searches conducted by the DGGI and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) about a month ago.
Foreigners held for smuggling Rs 6-cr gold
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 23, 2019 05:30 AM IST
The six arrested Myanmaris were identified as Thin Thin Nwe, Ei Wai Wai OO, Myint Sandar Aung, Win L Win, Ye Htut, Zaw Win Maung. The police have also nabbed Mohd Abid, a resident of Daryaganj in Delhi.
Rs 2.6K Cr fraud: ED attaches Kolkata jeweller’s showrooms in city, Pune
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2019 07:11 AM IST
In June 2018, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested Nilesh Parekh, promoter of SGJHIL.
Lok Sabha elections 2019| Enforcement agencies must act neutrally, be impartial: EC
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2019 12:52 AM IST
The poll panel’s advice came amid allegations that the government was using the agencies to target rival parties in the poll season.
Rejected immigration appeal buoys agencies in Nirav Modi case
New Delhi | By Neeraj Chauhan
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2019 07:14 AM IST
The Vanuatu official has claimed, while doing a background check on Modi, he found out that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had investigated him in 2015.
Gold smuggling racket busted, two more held in Gujarat
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Vijay Kumar Yadav
PUBLISHED ON APR 02, 2019 12:09 PM IST
The gang had smuggled in nearly 200kg of foreign-origin gold, worth nearly Rs 60 crore, from Dubai into India in the past three to four months.
DRI busts smuggling racket, gold worth Rs 32 crore seized; 7 held
Mumbai | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 30, 2019 03:01 AM IST
The racket would declare the gold as brass and conceal it inside imported metal scrap to smuggle it. Officials are probing how the racket managed to get the gold declared as brass.
Amritsar man tries to sneak in gold worth Rs 94 lakh through Chandigarh airport
Hindustan Times, Mohali | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 27, 2019 09:48 PM IST
Police said they are trying to find out whether Malkit Singh was acting as a mule for some smuggler or was operating on his own.
CISF jawan rushes to help, dies in fire at Delhi’s CGO complex
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2019 03:19 AM IST
A major fire broke out in central Delhi’s CGO complex on Wednesday morning and 24 fire tenders were rushed to the spot
Rs17-crore imported cigarettes seized in Navi Mumbai, 2 held
Hindustan Times | By Vijay Kumar Yadav
UPDATED ON FEB 07, 2019 08:08 AM IST
Acting on specific inputs, DRI officials intercepted a 40-feet container at a godown in Taloja, in Navi Mumbai, on Tuesday.
Passenger held at Hyderabad airport with over 2 kg of gold hidden in microwave oven
Hyderabad | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON DEC 28, 2018 06:15 PM IST
The gold was smuggled by concealing it in an oven by the passenger who arrived in Hyderabad by an Oman Airlines flight from Dubai on Thursday, a DRI press release said.
Golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges also in DRI’s firearms report
PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2018 12:07 AM IST
Randhawa, and his Italian mastiffs were also involved in the controversial shooting of Avni, a tigress, in Yavatmal last month by Asghar Ali Khan.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asks investigative agencies to remain faceless, maintain professionalism
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2018 03:16 PM IST
The investigating officers, Jaitley said, have to make sure that no innocent is harmed or harassed, but at the same time they have to ensure that no guilty gets away.
Drugs smuggled out of country via postal route, say DRI officials
Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Indore | By Punya Priya Mitra
PUBLISHED ON OCT 02, 2018 09:14 PM IST
Seizure of the chemical has sent alarm bells ringing in the security agencies as it is ten times as potent as heroin and is used as a party drug in a number of countries as per a DRI official.
Maha to collate data on smugglers, wild animals to curb illicit trade
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee
PUBLISHED ON SEP 17, 2018 11:47 PM IST
Agencies handling cases related to wildlife crimes have been directed to submit details to Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
8,000 kg shark fins seized from Mumbai and Gujarat, four arrested
Mumbai | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2018 08:23 PM IST
Export of shark fins of all species is prohibited under law. The seized shark fins were meant for illicit export by misdeclaring them as dried ray skins, dried marine products and fish maw, among others, a DRI statement said.
842 kg ganja worth Rs 1.26 crore seized in Vijayawada, two arrested
Hyderabad | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON AUG 05, 2018 06:56 PM IST
Cannabis weighing 842 kg and worth Rs 1.26 crore was seized in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh and two persons arrested in this connection. Based on intelligence that narcotics were being illegally transported, DRI sleuths intercepted a cargo vehicle on NH-16 in Vijayawada and seized the drugs.
DRI seizes exotic birds smuggled into Bengal from B’desh
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 28, 2018 12:55 PM IST
The 21 birds were handed over to the Alipore Zoo authorities.
Revenue intelligence agency serves arrest warrant to Nirav Modi for evading customs duty
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2018 06:32 PM IST
The warrant against absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi was issued by a court in Surat in Gujarat after he failed to appear before it in connection with a case of alleged customs duty evasion.
Delhi HC frees Slovenian national level shooter detained for ‘gun-running’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Richa Banka
PUBLISHED ON JUN 07, 2018 05:00 PM IST
According to his plea, Boris Sobotic Mikolic came to India along with two Indians in April 2017. The plea said that the trio was detained by the DRI on the exit gate of IGI airport despite not possessing any arms and ammunition.
24 pieces of ivory seized near Guwahati railway station, two held
Indo Asian News Service, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2018 07:35 PM IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered 24 pieces of ivory weighing 5.8 kg near Guwahati railway station. The ivory was supposed to be smuggled into Nepal, the agency said.
Jeweller dies at DRI office, relatives say he was ‘tortured’, demand probe
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By Richa Banka and Shubhomoy Sikdar
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2018 08:26 AM IST
Hours after DRI officials raided the jeweller’s Shalimar Bagh shops and seized 35 kilograms of foreign marked gold that was concealed in the door panel of a safe at one of the shops, he jumped off from the visitors room of the DRI office.
Mumbai gang hacks customs system, siphons off Rs10 crore; 3 held
Hindustan Times | By Vijay Kumar Yadav
UPDATED ON APR 23, 2018 10:16 AM IST
Mohammed Shaikh alias Arif, 42, a Mumbra resident, Saddrudin Lasanwala, 36, a Masjid resident and Ramesh Singh, 50, a Kandivli resident, were arrested; however, the syndicate kingpin Arjun Goregaonkar is still at large.
Assam Rifles seizes Rs 16 crore worth World is Yours drug consignment in Manipur
Hindustan Times, Imphal | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 03, 2018 10:15 AM IST
The consignment weighing around 38.52 kg were recovered from a person travelling on a bus along imphal-Moreh road.
DRI seizes gold worth Rs 1.68 crore smuggled into India from Myanmar
Press Trust of India, Kolkata | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON APR 01, 2018 11:39 AM IST
Gold smuggled from Myanmar through Moreh in Manipur was being carried by the three on the Saraighat Express from Guwahati to Howrah.