25.5 kg of ivory seized, three held in Wayanad (Kerala)
The Hindu
January 6, 2022
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The Vigilance wing of the Forest Department arrested three persons at
Varayal under the Periya forest range of the North Wayanad forest division
on Thursday morning for keeping in their possession a pair of elephant tusk
weighing 25.5 kg.
The arrested were identified as S.P. Anvar, 34, of Karyambadi in Wayanad
district and B. Sunil , 38, and C.S. Manu, 37, of Ambayathodu in Kannur
district .
They had been illegally keeping the ivory for the past many months for sale
after collecting it from the carcass of a tusker at Kunhome forest under
the North Wayanad forest division, K.K. Sunil Kumar, Divisional Forest
Officer, Forest Flying squad, Kozhikode, said.
They trio was arrested on a tip-off, Mr. Kumar said. The officials seized
the ivory and two vehicles used for transporting the tusks.
Those accused were charged under various sections of the Kerala Forest Act
1961 and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, Mr. Kumar said.
The accused would be handed over to the North Wayanad Forest officials for
further probe, he said.
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