Illegal ivory trade rampant in Jaipur

NDTV.com
December 14, 2006
The Jaipur police have seized 46 kg of ivory, worth more than Rs one crore in the international market, from ivory traders in the city.
The tusks were probably obtained in Arunachal Pradesh from poachers and brought to the city.
Jaipur is one of the biggest centres for carving ivory in the country, from where carved products are usually smuggled to countries like Japan, China.
Jaipur Superintendent of Police Vishal Bansal said, "This could not be the only consignment that has come, there must be more ivory that has come through them.

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