Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

Subject – Security

Context – The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is questioning the suspects arrested in connection with the 3,000¬kg heroin seizure at the Mundra port in Gujarat to determine the identities of other foreign nationals who were part of the international drug trafficking syndicate.

Concept –

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is an Indian intelligence agency. It is India’s apex anti-smuggling intelligence, investigations and operations agency.
• The Directorate is run by officers from the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) who are posted in its various Zonal Units as well as in Indian embassies abroad as part of the Customs Overseas Intelligence Network.
• It is headed by a Director General of the rank of Special Secretary to the Government of India.
• The Agency works to secure India’s national and economic security by preventing the outright smuggling of contraband such as firearms, gold, narcotics, Fake Indian Currency notes, antiques, wildlife and environmental products.
• Moreover, it also works to prevent the proliferation of black money, trade based money laundering and commercial frauds.