Kozhikode man held with pieces of elephant tusk

Kozhikode: Sharath (35), a resident of Alappuzha, was apprehended by the Forest Flying Squad at the Kozhikode KSRTC bus stand on Tuesday evening for possessing pieces of elephant tusks.

Five pieces of tusks and a strand of elephant hair were seized from the culprit. He is said to have brought the poached materials to Kozhikode from Alappuzha, as per the instruction of a friend, to hand it over to a dealer.

The forest department has registered a case against Sharath and his friend for poaching. The miscreant was arrested as per the information provided by DFO M T Harilal. Sarath was nabbed by a team comprising flying squad range officer P Prabhakaran and deputy range forest officer A Abin.