Forest CID team nabs two while trying to sell elephant tusk

Udupi: The Forest CID team arrested two people while they were attempting to sell an elephant tusk, which weighed two-and-half kilograms. The accused are identified as Poonacha of Bollumadu village, a writer in the coffee estate and K M Ganesh, a jeweller from Virajpet, were planning to sell the tusk to a jeweller in Shivamogga. It is gathered that the CID team after receiving reliable information planned to trap them and conducted a decoy operation. They approached the duo as a prospective buyer and collected all the information regarding the deal. The team finally on Sunday, March 10 evening nabbed them and seized the tusk which weighed two-and-half kilograms which worth Rs 75,000. The accused were produced before the Principal Munsiff court and were sent to judicial custody Source: Udayavani