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Businessman in Customs net for carrying elephant tusks

Says he picked up the pair outside Ivory Coast airport as souvenir, wasn't aware of existing wildlife laws back home

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The Customs officials at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Sahar, arrested a businessman, after he was found carrying a pair of elephant tusks. A case has been registered in this matter and will be transferred to wildlife officials for further investigations. Kushal Singhal (20) was returning from Ivory Coast via Kenyan airlines when a team of Customs officials, headed by its deputy commissioner Sameer Wankhede, diverted him for a detailed screening at 6 am yesterday.


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