Bundu and Shahid, who hail from Bijnore, were held in the course of a routine checking near Oni bend in Narendranagar, said R K Saklani, incharge of the Special Operations Group team that arrested the duo.
"Ivory weighing five kgs which should be worth nearly Rs 10 lakh in the market was recovered from a sack which they were carrying," he claimed.
They were planning to sell it to someone in Chorpani, Saklani said.