Five held on charges of smuggling ivory
The arrests were made following a tip-off received by the Forest Intelligence Wing
On August 9, a squad from the Forest department apprehended five individuals for allegedly trafficking approximately 12 kilograms of ivory. The accused, identified as Dilshad, Fareed, Vincent, Afeel, and Mohammed Rifan, were apprehended near a bridge in Kakkodi after receiving a lead from the Forest Intelligence Wing. The group intercepted the five as they were allegedly en route to sell the contraband ivory.
Additional personnel from the Forest department's Thamarassery range office joined the operation. The arrested men, originating from Kozhikode, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram districts, had been in cahoots with other criminal networks based across the state.
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