Elephant tusks worth Rs 50 lakh seized in Boudh
Bhubaneswar (By Abhishek Mohanty):
The Special Task Force (STF) seized two elephant tusks worth Rs 50 lakh in Boudh on Sunday night.
Based on intelligence inputs, a team of the STF officials intercepted a man named Pramod Parida near Telibandha Chhak under Jarada police limits. The STF team recovered the tusks from the accused upon searching his belongings.
The authorities have started investigating the case to determine the origin of the tusks and potential connections to larger wildlife trafficking networks.
