Friday, March 16, 2018

Two poachers with elephant tusk worth Rs 1 crore arrested from Siliguri

Siliguri, Feb 16 (UNI) Two poachers, including one from Assam, have been arrested with a full sized elephant tusk worth Rs 1 crore by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) during frisking on a long distance bus from Lakhimpur at Siliguri, DRI officials today said.

The single tusk weighing about 12.5 kgs divided in three pieces. The consignment was for Nepal.

Sariful Islam from Assam and Sontosh Pradhan from Siliguri arrested from Mallaguri with tusk.

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