{"id":349445,"date":"2025-11-07T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349445"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:55:35","slug":"operation-white-cauldron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/operation-white-cauldron\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation White Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) uncovered a major illicit drug manufacturing unit in Gujarat under <strong>\u201cOperation White Cauldron.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Operation White Cauldron<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dri.nic.in\/writereaddata\/static\/assests\/logo.png?resize=178%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"234\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conducted by:<\/strong>\u00a0 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) under the Ministry of Finance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> A secluded area off <strong>Gujarat State Highway (SH) 701<\/strong>, <strong>Valsad district<\/strong>, Gujarat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> To dismantle a <strong>clandestine synthetic drug manufacturing unit<\/strong> producing <strong>Alprazolam<\/strong>, a psychotropic substance regulated under the <strong>NDPS Act, 1985<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outcome:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>full-scale illegal manufacturing unit<\/strong> was uncovered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Four persons arrested<\/strong> \u2014 including <strong>two masterminds\/financiers<\/strong>, <strong>one employee<\/strong>, and <strong>one recipient<\/strong> from Telangana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seizures Made:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finished Alprazolam:<\/strong> 9.55 kg<strong> and <\/strong><strong>Semi-finished Alprazolam:<\/strong> 104.15 kg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raw materials (431 kg total)<\/strong> including: <em>p-Nitrochlorobenzene, <\/em><em>Phosphorous Pentasulfide, <\/em><em>Ethyl Acetate and <\/em><em>Hydrochloric Acid<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Industrial-scale equipment seized: <\/strong>Reactors, Centrifuge, Industrial refrigeration unit and Heating mantle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)<\/strong> serves as India\u2019s <strong>apex anti-smuggling agency<\/strong>, functioning under the <strong>Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)<\/strong>, Ministry of Finance.<\/li>\n<li>It is primarily responsible for <strong>detecting and preventing smuggling activities<\/strong>, including <strong>drug trafficking<\/strong>, <strong>illicit international trade in wildlife<\/strong>, and <strong>environmentally sensitive goods<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The DRI also plays a crucial role in <strong>combating commercial frauds<\/strong> related to <strong>international trade<\/strong> and <strong>preventing evasion of customs duties<\/strong>, thereby safeguarding the nation\u2019s economic and environmental interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) uncovered a major illicit drug manufacturing unit in Gujarat under \u201cOperation White Cauldron.\u201d About Operation White Cauldron Conducted by:\u00a0 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) under the Ministry of Finance Location: A secluded area off Gujarat State Highway (SH) 701, Valsad district, Gujarat. Objective: To dismantle a clandestine synthetic&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/operation-white-cauldron\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Operation White Cauldron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,1244,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-349445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-internal-security","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}