Ivory Smuggler Nabbed in Assam's Karbi Anglong

Bokajan, September 24, 2019:

Authorities of Bokajan in Karbi Anglong have successfully nabbed an elephant ivory smuggler on Monday.

The smuggler, who has been identified as a certain Barnis Indu, was nabbed after an operation was launched in Joporajan under the Bokajan Police Station. The operation was carried out based on secret intel.

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Indu was caught along with two elephant tusks 2.2-foot long, weighing around 10 kilos, and admitted that he intended to sell them in the black market.

Further investigation is going on in this regard.

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It is to be mentioned here that the demand for ivory across Southeast Asia has led to a rise in smuggling in Assam.

Earlier it was reported that Khatkhati Police had seized 1-foot long elephant tusk which was brought for sale into Assam for an amount of Rs 2,25,000.

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In July, ivory worth $12.9 million was seized in Singapore. It has been suspected that the smuggled ivory was heading to Vietnam through Singapore from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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