24 kg of ivory seized, three held in Wayanad
The Hindu
The Vigilance wing of the Forest Department arrested three persons at Varayal under the Periya forest range of the North Wayanad forest division on Thursday morning for keeping in their possession a p
The Vigilance wing of the Forest Department arrested three persons at Varayal under the Periya forest range of the North Wayanad forest division on Thursday morning for keeping in their possession a pair of elephant tusk weighing 24 kg.
The arrested were identified as S.P. Anvar, 34, of Karyambadi in Wayanad district and B. Sunil , 38, and C.S. Manu, 37, of Ambayathodu in Kannur district .
They had been illegally keeping the ivory for the past many months for sale after collecting it from the carcass of a tusker at Kunhome forest under the North Wayanad forest division, K.K. Sunil Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Flying squad, Kozhikode, said.
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