One held for trying to sell elephant tusk illegally in Hyderabad

Apr 06, 2023

The accused has been identified as Mohammad Rahan alias Deepak Thapa, a Nepali national who migrated to Hyderabad 12 years ago and converted to...

Man held with elephant tusk, live bullets in Assam

Feb 07, 2021

Chirang (Assam) [India], February 7 : Assam Police arrested a man and seized one elephant tusk and 105 live bullets from his residence.

Odisha STF seizes leopard skin, elephant tusk, pangolin scales; one arrested

Jan 07, 2022

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 7 : The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch and Deogarh forest department recovered one leopard skin, an...

DRI intercepts illegal elephant tusk trade in Bengaluru; seven arrested

Mar 07, 2024

In a meticulously planned operation, the Directorate of Revenue (DRI) officers in Bengaluru have busted a syndicate's efforts to illicitly trade elephant tusks, classified...

Coimbatore: Postmortem reveals removal of tusk days after elephant's death

Oct 17, 2022

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 17 : After a postmortem examination was conducted, the forest officials on Sunday confirmed that the tusk of the...

West Bengal: DRI Siliguri seizes elephant tusks from train at New Jalpaiguri railway station; two arrested

Dec 10, 2023

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Siliguri unit seized Asiatic elephant tusks (ivory) weighing around 7.5 kg from Rajdhani Express at New Jalpaiguri railway...