Three pieces of tusks concealed by poachers in a bush was recovered in a raid conducted by forest department officials on Jharkhand-Odisha border under Hatgamaria forest range of West Singhbhum today.
Acting on a tip off, the Divisional Forest Officer, Chaibasa South, S R Natesh laid a trap and deputed an official as purchaser to strike a deal with the poachers at Chapua (Odisha) along the Odisha-Jharkhand border.
Though two persons arrived at the spot, they fled hiding the tusks in a bag in a nearby bush, Natesh said.
Forest department officials recovered the tusks from the bush, he said adding the tusks weighed 5.6 kg with an estimated worth of Rs 3 lakh in the open market.
Natesh said around three months ago, an elephant was shot allegedly by poachers in Odisha and the pachyderm's caracas was found in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
However, the elephant's tusks were missing, he said.
