12th March 2019

Kolkata: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has nabbed two persons from Howrah for allegedly smuggling elephant tusks and different sculptures made from ivory. The materials, which were seized by the DRI officials in presence of Wild Life Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), are worth Rs 1.03 crore.

According to DRI, they recently got a tip that one Sudheesh Chandra Babu and his daughter Amitha S C Babu would be carrying a large quantity of elephant tusks for delivery at Kolkata, with the intention of smuggling it out to Nepal.

Based on the information, DRI Kolkata zonal unit intercepted a sedan, bearing registration no. WB 16AB 6601, at the junction of Kona Expressway and Carry Road, near Santragachi Railway Station on Monday at around 11.15 am.

During a preliminary search, sleuths found elephant tusks concealed in their luggage. When questioned, none of them could produce any valid documents supporting their possession of the elephant tusks. Immediately, both of them were detained and taken to the DRI office in Kolkata..

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