One Held In Odisha, With Elephant Tusk

One held in Odisha, with elephant tusk

Bhubaneswar : , Nov 14, 2014 : .An official stated that the Special Task Force (STF).

 One Held In Odisha, With Elephant Tusk-TeluguStop.com

of the Odisha Police had arrested a wildlife criminal.They also seized an elephant tusk.
Acting on a tip up, a team of the STF conducted a raid with the help of forest officials near Kendubhatta of Baragarh district and seized the elephant tusk from Ramesh Pradhan of Bolangir district.A tip-up led to a STF team conducting a raid near Kendubhatta in Baragarh district.

They seized the elephant trunk from Ramesh Pradhan, Bolangir district.

As the accused person could not produce any valid authority in support of possession of the tusk, the police arrested him and later handed over to Baragarh forest officials for necessary legal action at their end, the STF said.

The police arrested the accused because he could not provide any authority to support possession of the tusk.They then handed him over to Baragarh forest officials, according the STF.

During the last one year, the task force has seized 20 leopard skins, 11 elephant tusks, two deer skins, six live pangolins, 15 kg pangolin scales and arrested 43 wildlife criminals.The task force seized 20 leopard skins and 11 elephant tusks during the past year.

It also arrested six pangolins, five live pangolins, and 43 wildlife criminals.

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