elephant tusks seized

Sundargarh: Officials of Bonai Forest Division in Odisha’s Sundergarh district arrested three persons in their efforts of crackdown on wildlife trafficking and seized elephant tusks from their possessions on Monday.While addressing a…

Rourkela: Forest officials today conducted a raid and arrested 11 persons while they were worshiping two elephant tusks inside a house at Bhaliadihi village Sundargarh district.Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest officials from Bonai…

Rayagada: At least two elephant tusks have been seized by the forest department officials in Odisha’s Rayagada district. The incident has come to the fore from Kalyansinghpur forest range of the district, while two people has been detained…

Mayurbhanj: Forest officials today arrested as many as four poachers and seized two ivory tusks from their possessions in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district today.The arrested poachers have been identified as Nityanand Singh, Chumuru Singh,…

Baripada: A decaying corpse of an elephant was found in Talabandha range of Similipal on 21 January of this year.Now, two tusks, presumably from the deceased animal have been seized by the police. Seven people who were involved in the…

Angul: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police on Thursday arrested a wildlife criminal on charges of possessing elephant tusks in Angul.The arrested accused has been identified as Duryadhan Pradhan of Betara, Kandhakoili under…

Balangir: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police on Thursday arrested a wildlife criminal on charges of possessing elephant tusks in Balangir.The arrested accused has been identified as Nurin Set, son of Late Dhobal Set of…

Keonjhar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police on Sunday arrested a wildlife criminal on charges of possessing elephant tusks in Keonjhar.The arrested accused has been identified as Ramakanta Pradhan, son of Late Baglu Pradhan…

Deogarh: A joint team of Special Task Force (STF) and Deogarh forest department have seized one leopard skin, one elephant tusk, and a huge amount of pangolin scales in Baraghat village under Tileibani forest section in Deogarh. The team…

Balangir: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police on Monday arrested two wildlife criminals on charges of possessing elephant tusk in Deulgudi village on the border of Balangir and Kalahandi districts.On basis of reliable…