Tusk weighing 5.5 kg worth Rs. 1.5 crore seized Madikeri: Six persons including three from Kodagu have been arrested by Kerala Police when they were trying to sell an elephant tusk in Kerala. The Police have seized the tusk worth Rs. 1.5 crore and worth Rs. 1.5 crore from them. Those arrested have been identified…
Five elephant tusks smugglers arrested
December 12, 2022Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested five persons who were trying smuggle two elephant tusks near Basavapura village on Mysuru-Ooty NH 181, coming under Gundlupet Buffer Zone and have seized the elephant tusks from them. Those arrested are 35-year-old Rangaswamy of Aanegatti village, 41-year-old Sanjeev Kumar of Sokkanahalli village, 36-year-old N. Vinuth…
Five wildlife smugglers arrested in Madikeri
July 29, 2022Elephant tusks, endangered Indian star tortoises seized Madikeri: Two elephant tusks have been seized by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) Police Forest Cell at Madikeri yesterday. The tusks were in the possession of Mahadevaswamy, G. Guru and P. Hemanth Raj. The accused were attempting to sell the tusks and the forest team raided their location,…
Four persons arrested for trying to sell elephant tusks in city
November 3, 2020Eight tusks weighing 25 kg seized Mysore/Mysuru: Four persons including two from Kerala have been arrested by the Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad while they were trying to sell elephant tusks in city and have seized eight tusks weighing 25 kg from them. The arrested are Prestine Silva and Jayaprakash of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala, Mohan…
Two held for selling elephant tusks
March 30, 2017The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, acting on a tip off, have arrested two persons near Jaganmohan Palace on charges of selling elephant tusks and have seized two tusks worth about Rs. 25 lakh from them. The arrested have been identified as 29-year-old Manikanta of Sargur and 32-year- old Gangadhar, a resident of Gundlupet. CCB…
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