Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
🇮🇳 India · Customs · 20 reports
- People arrested
- 353
- Cannabis seized
- 3.891 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
DRI arrests bus passenger with 6.06 kg of Nepal charas in Muzaffarpur
Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence stopped a bus at Manikpur Chowk in Muzaffarpur on 5 November 2026 and arrested a passenger carrying 6.060 kg of charas in 12 packets. The DRI valued the resin at Rs 6.060 crore and said the passenger alleged it was smuggled from Nepal for delivery in Pune via a train from Hajipur.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.06 kgMan held with 10 kg charas worth Rs 10 crore in East Champaran
A joint Bihar STF and DRI team arrested Rajesh Sahni in East Champaran's Dumaria Ghat area and seized 10 kg of charas valued at about Rs 10 crore. Police say he sourced the resin from Nepal for supply across several Indian states, with the seized load bound for Gujarat's Patan district.
Arrested 1Cannabis 10 kgCash confiscated INR 2,320Five held with 10.5 kg of ganja near Motihari's Kunwari Chowk
The Muzaffarpur unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested five men with about 10.5 kg of ganja near Kunwari Chowk in Motihari on the night of 4 November 2026, seizing Rs 45,000 in cash and two motorcycles. A special court in Motihari sent all five to jail the next day, and Dainik Bhaskar reports the load came from Satganj in Nepal.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 10.5 kgVehicles confiscated 2DRI seizes 7.85 kg hashish in Mumbai mirror parcel, one arrested
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 7.85 kg of hashish concealed in a wooden-framed bathroom mirror sent by courier from New York to Mumbai. Officers arrested the intended recipient on 2 November under the NDPS Act and are investigating wider network links.
Arrested 1Cannabis 7.85 kgSurat police arrest 320 in 257 narcotics cases in 2026 so far; 178 involve ganja
Surat City Police registered 257 narcotics cases and arrested 320 people in 2026 up to the end of October, 178 of the cases involving ganja and 219 arrests. Police seized 414 kg of ganja valued at Rs 1.92 crore, part of a haul worth Rs 3.34 crore across all 257 cases.
Arrested 320Cannabis 414 kgDRI-STF raid nets 5.14 kg Nepal charas, two held
After five days of surveillance along the Indo-Nepal border, a joint DRI Muzaffarpur-Bihar STF team raided a Raxaul hideout in the early hours of Saturday 10 October 2026. Ten packets of Nepal-origin charas weighing 5.14 kg and worth Rs 5.14 crore were recovered; the suspected mastermind and one aide bound for Indore were arrested under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.14 kgBangkok flyer held with 7.75 kg weed inside geyser
DRI officers intercepted an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok at Hyderabad airport on 12 October 2026 on specific intelligence. Inside an electric geyser in his check-in baggage were 73 packets of hydroponic weed worth Rs 2.71 crore; he was arrested under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 1Cannabis 7.75 kgDRI-STF seize 3 kg Nepal charas on train, hold two in Muzaffarpur
A joint DRI Muzaffarpur and Bihar STF team intercepted a carrier on a Narkatiyaganj-Muzaffarpur train at Muzaffarpur Junction on 18 October 2026 and seized about 3 kg of Nepal-origin charas worth Rs 3 crore. A follow-up arrest of the alleged supplier took total arrests to two under the NDPS Act, with investigation continuing.
Arrested 2Cannabis 3 kgDRI takes 591 kg of Nepal ganja from truck's hidden cavities
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 591.3 kg of ganja from specially built cavities in a truck coming from Nepal via Sonauli during 17-18 October 2026. Four DRI teams tracked the truck for four hours before stopping it between Gorakhpur and Kushinagar.
Cannabis 591.3 kgDRI and CBN destroy 2.87 hectares of cannabis in Dhule sanctuary
A joint Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Central Bureau of Narcotics team destroyed 2.87 hectares of illicit cannabis across five stretches of a wildlife sanctuary near Jamniapani village, Shirpur, on 14 October 2026. The crop was destroyed with a rotavator after legal formalities; no arrests were reported.
Area 2.9 haDRI arrests two women with 6.078 kg of Nepal-origin charas at Gorakhpur
DRI officers intercepted two women on the Jan Nayak Express at Gorakhpur station on 20 September 2026 and found 6.078 kg of Nepal-origin charas strapped to their thighs. Both were arrested under the NDPS Act and the haul was valued at about Rs 6.07 crore.
Arrested 2Cannabis 6.078 kgTwo Bangkok flyers held with 25 kg of hydroponic weed at Delhi and Calicut
DRI officers intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok in separate operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and Calicut International Airport, seizing about 25 kg of hydroponic weed and arresting both. The two cases were part of a week of pan-India DRI operations in which 20 people, including five foreign nationals, were arrested.
Arrested 2Cannabis 25 kgED searches five Chennai and Madurai premises over Sri Lanka drug syndicate
India's Enforcement Directorate searched five premises in Chennai and Madurai in a money laundering probe into a syndicate accused of sending hashish and methamphetamine to Sri Lanka by sea. The case rests on two 2024 DRI seizures, including 99 kg of hashish valued at about Rs 108 crore from a boat in the Gulf of Mannar.
DRI seizes 42.34 kg of hydroponic weed from Bangkok passengers at Mumbai airport
DRI officers intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok at Mumbai airport on 2 November 2025 and found 42.34 kg of hydroponic weed concealed in 21 food packets. The agency valued the haul at about Rs 42 crore and arrested both travellers under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 42.34 kgDRI seizes 12 kg of hydroponic weed from Dubai flyer in Hyderabad
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers seized 12 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth about Rs 12 crore from an Indian woman arriving from Dubai at Hyderabad airport on 20 September 2025. Six kilograms were found in her baggage and six more in a delayed bag; she was arrested under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 1Cannabis 12 kgDRI's Operation WeedOut: five arrested, 72 kg of hydroponic weed seized
India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested an associate mastermind and five passengers and seized 72.024 kg of hydroponic weed, valued by the agency at about Rs 72 crore, in Bengaluru, Bhopal and New Delhi on 20-21 August 2025. Officers also recovered Rs 1.02 crore in trafficking proceeds from the mastermind in Delhi.
Arrested 5Cannabis 72.024 kgCash confiscated INR 10,200,000Three arrested as 30 kg hashish oil seized on Maldives-bound barge
DRI and the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a Maldives-bound tug-barge off Tamil Nadu and seized 29.954 kg of hashish oil valued at Rs 32.94 crore. Three accused, including a crew member who aided the loading, were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
Arrested 3Cannabis 29.954 kgDRI seizes 520 kg of ganja hidden in truck cavity near Nagpur
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a truck at Borkhedi Toll near Nagpur on the morning of 9 October 2023 and found 520 kg of ganja in 242 packages inside a built-in cavity. The agency valued the load at Rs 1.04 crore and arrested the two occupants under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 520 kgDRI seizes 1,015 kg of ganja hidden in MP truck in Visakhapatnam
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 1,015 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 1.52 crore from a Madhya Pradesh-registered truck in Visakhapatnam on 28 August 2019. The cannabis, packed in 365 packets inside a false partition, was being carried from the Agency tribal areas to Madhya Pradesh.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.015 tDRI seizes 1,113 kg of ganja hidden under timber logs in Visakhapatnam
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a goods vehicle in Visakhapatnam district on 15 July 2018 and found 1,113 kilograms of ganja in 528 brown packets under seven tonnes of wooden logs. Two people moving the load from the agency area toward Zaheerabad were apprehended under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.113 t