The two persons, suspected to be poachers, were carrying the tusk from Daflagarh near Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border to sell it in Tezpur, Kaziranga National Park Northern Range Officer Pranjal Baruah said.
They were arrested by a team of forest guards of Kaziranga National Park last night.
Baruah said that the tusk weighed about 8.5 kg and was worth around Rs 3.5 lakh.
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