Madurai

According to PK Dileep, District Forest Officer, Kodaikanal, the seized tusks seemed too old of a sub adult male and it could have passed many hands. Each of the tusks ran to a length of one meter. Acting on a tip off from the Chief Wildlife Warden Shekhar Kumar Niraj, the forest personnel in a joint undercover operation nabbed those nine offenders after intercepting a suspicious vehicle. The offenders, who belong to parts of Theni and neighboring Dindigul district, were being interrogated in Devadanapatty Range office.