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Thursday, March 21, 2019
Two held for smuggling elephant tusks | Goa News
VASCO: Verna police on Tuesday night arrested two Margao-based men for smuggling two elephant tusks.
Police said the two tusks weighed 13.3kg and are worth Rs 20 lakh in the international market.
Speaking to TOI, PI Sandesh Chodankar said, “We received information that the tusks were likely to be smuggled to Verna. Verna police managed to nab them and they have been arrested.”
At around 8.50pm on Tuesday, Verna police detained two men, Shrikant Kanekar, 42, of Davorlim, and Vignesh Karapurkar, 29, of Aquem.
Chodankar said the duo were sitting in a car at a junction at Verna. They were waiting for another party to hand over the tusks. When asked about where the accused procured the tusks from and to whom they were delivering, police said that they are investigating the details. The vehicle was attached and the tusks will be sent to Dehradun for an expert’s report. A case was has been registered under Sections 9, 39, 40, 42 read with 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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