Three persons allegedly found in possession of elephant tusks worth over Rs 2 crore were arrested from Brahampuri area here, the police said Tuesday.
The alleged smugglers, identified as Kamlesh Sharma, Amit Sharma and Vishnu Sharma, were trying to sell the tusks, weighing over 6 kg, in the Pondrik Park locality for Rs 1 crore when the police nabbed them, DCP (Jaipur North) Satyendra Singh said.
He said the police is trying to ascertain the source of procurement of the tusks, which has turned out to be one of the biggest haul of the wildlife products in the state capital in recent past.
The trio have been booked under section 26 of the Indian Forest Act and sections 9, 39 and 51 of the Indian Wildlife Act.
The DCP hoped the arrests would help police in busting the wildlife smugglers' nexus in the state.
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