Police arrest one with elephant tusk

The police have arrested a person along with an elephant tusk from Khudunabari in Jhapa district on Thursday. T

he arrested has been identified as Ramesh Rai, 25, a resident of Ilam and currently living in Arjundhara Municipality-3 in Jhapa district.

Rai involved in the smuggling and sale of elephant tusks in Kathmandu on 11 March, 2022, according to Superintendent of Police Shyam Kumar Mahato, Spokesperson for the Central Investigation Bureau, Nepal Police. Rai has been sent to the Division Forest Office, Hattisar for further investigation, he said.

Earlier, the police arrested one Bhakti Kumar Limbu, 58, and Ashok Karki, 42, both from Jhapa and Ramesh Subedi, 43, from Panchthar for supplying and selling elephant tusks.

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