Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Six arrested with elephant tusk worth Rs 1 crore
A group of people were caught in Kerala with a giant elephant tusk.
An elephant tusk is a long tooth that elephants have.
It is not allowed to buy or sell elephant tusks.
The police got a secret tip about these people.
They searched a house in a place called Narikuni.
Inside, they found the elephant tusk and arrested six people.
The tusk might be worth about one crore rupees.
That is a very, very large amount of money.
The police now want to find out if an elephant was hurt to get this tusk.
They are also trying to learn why someone wanted to buy it.
Kerala forest department arrested six persons and seized an elephant tusk from a house in Narikuni, Kozhikode, on Sunday.
The arrests came after the Kozhikode Forest Vigilance team, acting on a tip-off, searched the house on Sunday afternoon.
The tusk is estimated to be worth around Rs 1 crore.
The arrested persons were allegedly involved in the sale and purchase of the tusk and had assembled at the house for the transaction.
Officials are interrogating the accused to determine whether the tusk was obtained by hunting an elephant and the purpose for which it was being purchased.
- Who
- Kerala forest department personnel arrested six persons: Aseel and Muhammad Rihan of Palath (Kozhikode), Dinsad of Mangalapuram (Thiruvananthapuram), Vincent K V of Pampady (Kottayam), Pareed of Thamarassery (Kozhikode) and Sudheer of Palippuram (Thiruvananthapuram).
- What
- The six were arrested and an elephant tusk worth around Rs 1 crore was seized from them at a house in Narikuni.
- When
- Sunday afternoon; the report is dated August 9.
- Where
- A house in Narikuni, Kozhikode, Kerala.
- Why
- They were allegedly involved in the sale and purchase of the tusk and had assembled at the house for the transaction; officials are investigating whether the tusk was obtained by hunting an elephant and its intended purpose.
- Number arrested
- 6 persons
- Item seized
- Elephant tusk
- Estimated value
- Around Rs 1 crore
- Place of seizure
- House in Narikuni, Kozhikode, Kerala
- Date
- Sunday; report dated August 9
- Investigating team
- Kozhikode Forest Vigilance team
- Alleged involvement
- Sale and purchase of the elephant tusk