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...

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.

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...

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...

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...