Assam Five arrested with two elephant tusks in Assam’s Barpeta
Guwahati/IBNS: A joint team of police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested five people for smuggling ivory and seized two elephant tusks in Assam’s Barpeta district on Wednesday evening.
Based on secret information, a joint team of Howly police in Barpeta district and 10 battalion of CRPF conducted an operation at Madulijhar area in the lower Assam district and intercepted a four wheeler.
During the search, the team recovered two elephant tusks from the vehicle.
The joint team of police and CRPF then apprehended five people for smuggling ivory.
Police also seized the four wheeler bearing registration number ML-5K-0008 and three mobile phones from their procession.
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