The police and wild life officials have seized two elephant tusks from a house in the city's New Alipore area, a senior police official said today. Acting on an information, a joint team of CID and West Bengal Wild Life officials searched a house in New Alipore area late last night and recovered the tusks together weighing around 31 kg, the official said. "These tusks were taken into custody by the Forest authorities for verification of the legality of the ownership of the tusks and initiate legal action," he said. No arrests were made.
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