Ivory seized from Guwahati airport cargo centre

Guwahati: Police confiscated a consignment of ivory from the cargo collection centre of Jet Airways near Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport today.
Additional superintendent of police (city) Rajen Singh said elephant tusk weighing 1.8 kg was found inside a carton booked on a Calcutta-bound Jet Airways flight this morning.
The police have apprehended two persons in connection with the heist.
The accused were identified as Bikram Das and Mahabir Sharma. Sharma is the manager of Good Luck Courier Service while Das is an employee of Maruti Cargo Forwarder.
The office of Good Luck Courier is located on A.T. Road in Athgaon and that of Maruti Cargo Forwarder is in Paltan Bazar.
Police said the parcel containing ivory was routed from Tinsukia to Guwahati through these two couriers. From here, it was supposed to be flown to Calcutta.
20/04/07 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Apr 2007, Cargo Apr 2007, Jet Airways Apr 2007