Person caught with ivory piece convicted

In December 2012, Uttarakhand police seized an elephant ivory piece in Nainital district and arrested a person. After the trial a court in Nainital district had convicted the accused and sentenced him to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹10,000 fine.

Elephant tusks seized in Kottayam district, Kerala

Kerala forest officials arrested a person in Erumeli, Kottayam district with two elephant tusks, a country-made gun and a sword on 11 October 2017.

Kerala captive elephant owners make a killing by selling ivory

An investigation into the ivory smuggling racket in Kerala has put owners of captive elephants under a cloud of suspicion. Elephant owners who obtain the Forest Department’s permission to trim the animals’ tusks periodically later sell them to ivory sculptors for lakhs of rupees, the department has found out.
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/elephant-owners-sell-ivory-make-money-forest-departments-permission-trimming-tusks.html

Huge cache of elephant ivory seized in Delhi

In continuation of an ongoing investigation of elephant poaching in Kerala, the state forest department seized large number of raw ivory and finished products from a hide out in New Delhi last week.
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/huge-cache-of-ivory-seized-in-delhi.html

Ivory trader arrested in Delhi

An ivory trader based in Delhi was arrested in a joint operation carried out by forest officials from Kerala, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) personnel and the Delhi police on 2 October 2015. According to the information received by the forest intelligence wing, as many as 40 elephants were gunned down for extracting tusks by the poaching gangs operating in the forests of Edamalayar, Parambikulam, Wayanad and Munnar during the past two years. The documents recovered by the police from the middlemen involved in the illegal trade had revealed that ivories valued over Rs 1.5 crore had been smuggled into different cities in the country from Kerala last year.
http://beta.english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/phone-data-leads-to-arrest-of-ivory-racket-kingpin.html

Elephant tusks seized in Secunderabad

Police arrested three persons with a pair of elephant tusks in Secunderabad, Telangana on 23 September 2015.
http://www.siasat.com/news/three-elephant-tusks-smugglers-arrested-police-841563/

Elephant tusks seized in Karnataka

Karnataka police seized 2 elephant tusks weighing around 35 kg and arrested seven persons in Bangalore on 1 September 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/gang-of-poachers-nabbed-elephant-tusks-retrieved/article7605446.ece

5 pieces of ivory seized in Jalpaiguri district

Five pieces of ivory, weighing around 5kg each, were seized from three persons by the officers of Belakoba range of Baikunthapur forest division in West Bengal on 4 August 2015.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150805/jsp/siliguri/story_35439.jsp#.VcG1_POqqko

Two elephant tusks seized in Karnataka

Karnataka police seized two elephant tusks and arrested two persons in Bengaluru on 29 July 2015.
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/crime/Two-more-elephant-tusks-seized/articleshow/48285471.cms

Ivory seized in Karnataka

Karnataka police seized four pieces of elephant ivory in Belgaum district of on 22 July 2015.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/Camp-police-recovered-4-elephant-ivory/articleshow/48191894.cms

Ivory idols seized, 9 detained in Kerala

Nine people were taken into custody from Thiruvananthapuram and other parts of the Kerala by the forest officials in connection with cases related to poaching of elephants. A couple of idols made of ivory were seized from them.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Nine-Detained-for-Poaching-Elephants-Ivory-Idols-Seized/2015/07/12/article2915233.ece

Ivory traders arrested in Kerala

Forest officials arrested two ivory traders in Thiruvananthapuram in connection with recent elephant poaching incidents reported from the state.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Two-Arrested-with-Ivory/2015/07/07/article2906796.ece

Ivory idol seized in Karnataka

A father-son duo that tried to sell an antique Ganesha statuette in ivory on an online platform has been arrested by the police in Bengaluru.
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/crime/Father-son-caught-red-handed-trying-to-sell-several-ivory-artifacts-online/articleshow/47965155.cms

Elephant tusks seized in West Bengal

Two persons were arrested with two elephant tusks when they were planning to smuggle the tusk to Nepal at Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on 10 January 2015.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150112/jsp/siliguri/story_7881.jsp#.VLNvO9KUeIA

Elephant tusks seized in Maharashtra

Maharashtra police seized a pair of elephant tusks from two people at Thane on 16 December 2014.
http://eprahaar.in/thane-police-crime-branch-seizes-ivory-tusk-from-two-people/

Ivory seized in Karnataka

A team comprising police and Forest department officers arrested six persons for reportedly smuggling elephant tusks in Sakleshpur taluk, Hassan district on 9 November 2014.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/440618/elephant-tusks-worth-rs-20.html

Ivory seized in Tamil Nadu

Forest officials seized elephant ivory in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on 4 November 2014.
http://www.dinakaran.com/Latest_Detail.asp?Nid=116518

Ivory seized in Karnataka

6.5 kg of elephant ivory was seized in Bangalore district by police on 18 October 2014.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Ivory-Seized-Three-Arrested/2014/10/20/article2486047.ece

Ivory seized in Dehradun

Police officials seized 2.5 kg of elephant ivory and arrested three persons in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 19 February 2014.

Elephant tusks seized in Kerala

Kerala forest department seized two elephant tusks and arrested four persons in Palakkad district on 15 January 2014.