Elephant tusks seized in Udalguri from two bike-borne smugglers

A Correspondent

TANGLA: Two bike-borne smugglers dealing in elephant tusks managed to give a slip to sleuths of the Customs and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Guwahati. As per report, acting on specific information about a deal of elephant tusks in Udalguri district, the sleuths of Customs and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Guwahati, in a joint operation, laid an ambush north of Tangla railway station on Sunday where two bike-borne smugglers were coming from Tamulpur side on the Udalguri-Tamulpur road towards Tangla railway station and were carrying a plastic bag with them. When the sleuths tried to intercept them, they fled from the spot leaving behind the bag. On thorough searching, the bag contained six elephant tusks. The tusks weighing 13 kg were concealed in 17 kg paddy. The value of the seized materials is estimated at around Rs 1.5 crore in the international market. Meanwhile, official sources informed that the matter was under investigation and efforts were on to nab the smugglers.

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